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Diesis

//ˈdaɪ.ə.sɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several intervals, smaller than a tone, in ancient Greek music.
  2. 2
    a character used in printing to indicate a third cross reference or footnote after the asterisk and the dagger have been used wordnet
  3. 3
    The double dagger sign (‡).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίεσις (díesis, “sending through, the smallest interval in the scale”).

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