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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In acoustics, a unit proposed by Guillemin for interval of pitch; an interval of ten to one or of three octaves and a major third.

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  • noun music, obsolete An interval of pitch equal to 1/1000 of a decade, practically identical to a heptameride.

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Named after Félix Savart

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