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diastematic, a. rare.|ˌdaɪəstiːˈmætɪk|
[ad. Gr. διαστηµατικ-ός separated by intervals: see prec. and -ic.]
Characterized by intervals.
1798Horsley in Monthly Rev. XXVI. 288 Ask Aristoxenus [etc.] in what the difference consists between speaking and singing; they tell you..‘That the one is a continuous motion; the other diastematic. That the continuous is the motion of the voice in discourse; the diastematic, in singing’. 1952Latin Liturg. MSS. (Exhib. Guide, Bodl. Lib.) 11 An important step towards the development of a ‘diastematic’ notation was the method of scratching or tracing a line in the parchment. |