Dianoetic
(Di`a*no*et"ic) a. [Gr. dia` through + to revolve in the mind.] (Metaph.) Pertaining to the
discursive faculty, its acts or products.
I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative
faculty.
Sir W. Hamilton. Dianoialogy
(Di`a*noi*al"o*gy) n. [Gr. thought + -logy.] The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their
operations. Sir W. Hamilton.
Dianthus
(Di*an"thus) n. [NL., fr. Gr. gen. Zeus + 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) A genus of plants containing
some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William.
Diapase
(Di"a*pase) n. Same as Diapason. [Obs.]
A tuneful diapase of pleasures.
Spenser. Diapasm
(Di"a*pasm) n. [L. diapasma, Gr. fr. dia` through + to sprinkle: cf. F. diapasme.] Powdered
aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together. [Obs.]
Diapason
(Di`a*pa"son) n. [L., fr. Gr. diapasw^n (i. e., "h dia` pasw^n chordw^n symfoni`a the concord
of the first and last notes, the octave); dia` through + pasw^n, gen. pl. of pa^s all: cf. F. diapason. Cf.
Panacea.]
1. (Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale.
2. Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony.
The fair music that all creatures made . . .
In perfect diapason.
Milton. 3. The entire compass of tones.
Through all the compass of the notes it ran,
The diapason closing full in man.
Dryden. 4. A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.
5. One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument.
They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like.
Diapedesis
(||Di`a*pe*de"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a leaping or oozing through, fr. to leap through; dia` through
+ to leap.] (Med.) The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into
the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.
Diapente
(||Di`a*pen"te) n. [L., fr. Gr. a fifth; dia` through + five: cf. F. diapente.]
1. (Anc. Mus.) The interval of the fifth.
2. (Med.) A composition of five ingredients.
Diaper
(Di"a*per) n. [OF. diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, It. diaspro jasper, diaspo
figured cloth, from L. jaspis a green-colored precious stone. See Jasper.]
1. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
2. (Fine Arts) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more
simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
