Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-AS'CHISM
DI-AS'CHISM, n. [Gr. διασχισμα, a piece cut off; διασχιζω; δια and σχιζω, to cut off.]
In music, the difference between the comma and enharmonic diesis, commonly called the lesser comma. Encyc.
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