| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Intervening space; interval.[Websters]
2. An interval.[Websters]. | |
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Date "DIASTEM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Diastem \Di"a*stem\, noun. [Latin expression diastema, Greek: compare to the French expression diast[`e]me.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DIASTEM
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] In music, a simple interval.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Geography | Minor break in the sedimentary record marked by the absence of a bed or beds and distinguished from major breaks marked by unconformities. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | A relatively short interruption in sedimentation, involving only a brief interval of time, with little or no erosion before deposition is resumed; a paraconformity of very small time value. (references) | ||
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