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pandiatonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pan-di-a-ton-ic
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Formed freely from all degrees of a diatonic scale without regard for their diatonic function, sometimes to the extent of no single pitch being felt as a tonic.

Etymology

From pan- + diatonic, coined by Nicolas Slonimsky.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more pandiatonic (comparative) most pandiatonic (superlative)

Derived Forms

pandiatonicism

Questions

What does pandiatonic mean?
Formed freely from all degrees of a diatonic scale without regard for their diatonic function, sometimes to the extent of no single pitch being felt as a tonic.
Where does pandiatonic come from?
From pan- + diatonic, coined by Nicolas Slonimsky.

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