▪ I. diaphonic, a.1
(daɪəˈfɒnɪk)
[f. as diaphon-y + -ic.]
Also diaphonical.
1. Of or pertaining to diaphony: see diaphony 2.
| 1822 New Monthly Mag. VI. 201 To give a concert with a full orchestra upon the diaphonic principle. |
2. = diacoustic.
| 1775 Ash, Diaphonic. 1846 Worcester, Diaphonic, Diaphonical. |
▪ II. diaphonic, a.2 Linguistics.
(daɪəˈfɒnɪk)
[f. diaphone2 + -ic.]
Of or relating to a diaphone or diaphones. Hence diaˈphonically adv.
| 1932 D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonet. (ed. 3) xv. 108 There exist..diaphonic variants; that is to say, there are English speakers who use a somewhat different diphthong. 1950 ― Phoneme xxvii. 198 Overlapping of diaphones is..especially liable to happen when a sound lies near the limit of a diaphonic ‘area’. Ibid. 202 The ˀ belongs diaphonically to k and p as well as to t. 1965 Amer. Speech XL. 227 The pronunciation (tagə·)..is phonologically unlikely in the diaphonic variations before (g). |