diastematicadj.
/ˌdʌɪəstiːˈmatɪk/ rare.
Characterized by intervals.
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diastematic1798
intervallaryc1864
intervallic1883
1798 Horsley in Monthly Rev. 26 288 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’.
1952 Latin 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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