Heptameride
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hɛpˈtæməɹaɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Heptameride is a noun meaning A thing having seven parts or divisions.
Meaning
A thing having seven parts or divisions.
More Meanings
- (chemistry, dated) A seven-unit oligomer.
- (music, obsolete) An interval of pitch equal to 1/7 of a meride, or 1/301 of an octave.
Example Sentences
As 301 = 7 × 43, he called each degree a heptameride, which he made = .03987 of an (equal) Semitone.
The Greeks had Seven Wise Men and Seven Sleepers, and the Pythagoreans saw magic in all the heptamerides.
Sauveur stresses that the difference between the pure 5th (176 heptamerides) and the tempered 5th (175) is equal to 1: so the temperaments of all the other intervals will also be multiples of 1:
1938, Albert Ernest Dunstan, Benjamin Talbott Brooks (eds), The Science of Petroleum, vol. 4, page 2830, OCLC 313182716. Fractionation of the liquid polymers gave compounds up to the heptameride.
Word Forms
- heptamerides
Synonyms for heptameride
Depending on context, synonyms include heptamer, savart.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eptameride, heptade, heptad, septenary, septuple, sevensome.
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