hypate

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|musical pitch}} In ancient musical theory, the lowest-pitched [[fixed]] [[note]] in the nearer [[tetrachord]] on a [[lyre]], always pitched a [[perfect fourth]] below the [[mese]], with two [[movable]] [[note]]s between them, the [[parhypate]] (lower in pitch) and the [[lichanos]] (higher in pitch).

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.