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diesis

di·e·sis [ d əssiss ] (plural di·e·ses [ d ə sz ])


noun 
Definition:
 
printing 
Same as  double dagger


[14th century. Via Latin< Greek, "quarter tone" (which the symbol originally indicated)]
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