DIATESSARON, noun [Gr., four.] Among musicians, a concord or harmonic interval, composed of a greater tone, a lesser tone, and one greater semitone. Its proportion is as 4 to 3, and it is called a perfect fourth.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.