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
  • Kingsolver’s fans appreciate her ability to play at vastly different scales.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Wang, though, says this is not practical as AI scales to trillions of transactions, and makes the case that machine-to-machine monitoring is the only viable option.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 5 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 11 Oct. 2026.

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