Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Any of several intervals, smaller than a tone, in ancient Greek music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The double dagger sign (‡).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: double dagger, double obelisk
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol
History
From Ancient Greek δίεσις (díesis, “sending through, the smallest interval in the scale”).
