diapasons

noun

plural of diapason
as in ranges
the distance or extent between possible extremes the survey ultimately recorded the full diapason of seemingly possible replies regarding sexual practices

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  1. ranges
  2. scales
  3. spectra
Noun
  • The announcement describes the systems’ intended capabilities but does not provide detection ranges, engagement distances, or performance results.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The exact current values are obscured because federal filings use broad ranges and exclude subsequent market moves.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of ranges
Noun
  • The Beijing entrepreneur spent the summer as chief financial officer of a start-up selling digital scales.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The company will now evaluate its separation platform against relevant scandium-bearing feedstocks, with the initial research focused on determining whether the technology can support high-purity scandium recovery at larger scales.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of scales
Noun
  • Besides a basic image scan, the files also captured the images in the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The consensus seems to be that these bizarre objects, which were first discovered in 2022, are growing supermassive black holes entombed within huge clouds of gas that have spectrums similar to cool, red stars, such as red giants.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of spectra
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“Diapasons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diapasons. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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