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HARMONY
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'hârmunee
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Definition: |
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- [n] compatibility
in
opinion
and
action
- [n] an
agreeable
sound
property
- [n] the
structure
of
music
with
respect
to
the
composition
and
progression
of
chords
- [n] agreement
of
opinions
- [n] a harmonious
state
of
things
in
general
and
of
their
properties
(as
of
colors
and
sounds);
congruity
of
parts
with
one
another
and
with
the
whole
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Synonyms: |
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concord,
concord,
concordance,
concordance,
harmoniousness,
musical
harmony |
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Antonyms: |
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dissonance |
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See Also: |
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accord,
agreement,
agreement,
comity,
compatibility,
congruence,
congruity,
congruousness,
consonance,
four-part
harmony, harmonisation,
harmonization,
music,
order,
peace,
preparation,
resolution,
sound
property |
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| Webster's 1913
Dictionary |
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Definition: |
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\Har"mo*ny\, n.; pl. {Harmonies}. [ F. harmonic, L.
harmonia, Gr. ? joint, proportion, concord, fr. ? a fitting
or joining. See {Article}. ]
1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system
or combination of things, or in things, or things intended
to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the
different parts of a design or composition as to produce
unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.
2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners,
interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and
friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
3. A literary work which brings together or arranges
systematically parallel passages of historians respecting
the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency;
as, a harmony of the Gospels.
4. (Mus.)
(a) A succession of chords according to the rules of
progression and modulation.
(b) The science which treats of their construction and
progression.
Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic
harmonies. --Milton.
5. (Anat.) See {Harmonic suture}, under {Harmonic}.
{Close harmony}, {Dispersed harmony}, etc. See under {Close},
{Dispersed}, etc.
{Harmony of the spheres}. See {Music of the spheres}, under
{Music}.
Syn: {Harmony}, {Melody}.
Usage: Harmony results from the concord of two or more
strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality.
Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of
musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each
other in a single verse or strain.
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Related Terms: |
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acclamation,
accommodation,
accord,
accordance,
acquiescence,
adaptation,
adaption,
adjustment,
affinity,
agape,
agreement,
agreement
of all, amity,
an
in, arrangement,
array,
articulation,
assent,
atlas,
attune,
attunement,
balance,
beauty,
bilateral
symmetry, bipartisanship,
bliss,
bonds
of harmony, brotherly
love, calendar,
caritas,
casebook,
catalog,
catalogue
raisonne, cement
of friendship, cessation
of combat, charity,
chime,
chiming,
chorus,
city
directory, classified
catalog, closeness,
coaction,
coadjuvancy,
coadministration,
coagency,
coaptation,
cochairmanship,
codirectorship,
coherence,
coincidence,
collaboration,
collaborativeness,
collectivism,
collusion,
commensalism,
common
assent, common
consent, common
effort, common
enterprise, communalism,
communion,
communism,
communitarianism,
community,
community
of interests, compatibility,
compliance,
complicity,
concatenation,
concentus,
concert,
concinnity,
concord,
concordance,
concurrence,
conformance,
conformation,
conformation
other-direction, conformity,
congeniality,
congruence,
congruency,
congruity,
consensus,
consensus
gentium, consensus
of opinion, consensus
omnium, consent,
consentaneity,
consistency,
consonance,
consonancy,
consort,
conventionality,
cooperation,
cooperativeness,
correspondence,
cyclopedia,
deployment,
diapason,
diatesseron,
dictionary
catalog, dignity,
directory,
disposal,
disposition,
duet,
duumvirate,
dynamic
symmetry, ecumenicalism,
ecumenicism,
ecumenism,
elegance,
empathy,
encyclopedia,
equality,
equilibrium,
equivalence,
esprit,
esprit
de corps, euphony,
eurythmics,
eurythmy,
evenness,
exemption
from hostilities, favor,
favorable
regard, feeling
of identity, fellow
feeling, fellowship,
finish,
fitness,
flexibility,
formation,
freedom
from war, frictionlessness,
friendly
relations, gazetteer,
general
acclamation, general
agreement, general
consent, general
voice, good
graces, good
terms, good
understanding, good
vibes, good
vibrations, goodwill,
grace,
happy
family, harmonics,
heavy
harmony, homophony,
identity,
index,
integration,
integrity,
intersection,
joining
of forces, joint
effort, joint
operation, keeping,
kinship,
layout,
liberty
in tranquillity, like-mindedness,
line,
lineup,
love,
malleability,
marshaling,
mass
action, measure,
measuredness,
meeting
of minds, mellifluousness,
melodics,
melodiousness,
melody,
monochord,
monody,
morale,
multilateral
symmetry, music,
music
theory, musicality,
musicography,
musicology,
mutual
assistance, mutual
regard, mutual
understanding, mutualism,
mutuality,
obedience,
observance,
octet,
one
accord, one
voice, oneness,
order,
orderedness,
orderliness,
organization,
orthodoxy,
overlap,
parallelism,
pax,
peace,
peacetime,
phone
book, pliancy,
polyglot,
polyphony,
pooling,
pooling
of resources, proportion,
proportionality,
pulling
together, quartet,
quiet,
quietude,
quintet,
rapport,
rapprochement,
reciprocity,
reconcilement,
reconciliation,
record
book, reference
book, regard,
regularity,
respect,
rhythm,
rhythmics,
routine,
same
mind, self-consistency,
septet,
setup,
sextet,
shapeliness,
sharing,
single
voice, solidarity,
sonority,
source
book, spirituality,
strictness,
structure,
studbook,
sweetness,
symbiosis,
symmetricalness,
symmetry,
sympathy,
symphony,
sync,
synchronism,
synchronization,
synergism,
synergy,
system,
tally,
team
spirit, teamwork,
telephone
book, telephone
directory, theory,
three-part
harmony, timing,
togetherness,
total
agreement, traditionalism,
tranquillity,
trilateral
symmetry, trio,
triumvirate,
troika,
tune,
tunefulness,
unanimity,
unanimousness,
understanding,
uniformity,
union,
unison,
unisonance,
united
action, unity,
universal
agreement, work
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