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## HARMONY
Pronunciation: |  | 'hârmunee
Matching Terms: |  | Harmonic, harmonic analysis, harmonic law, harmonic mean, harmonic motion, harmonic progression, Harmonica, harmonical, harmonically, Harmonicon, harmonics, harmonious, harmoniously, harmoniousness, Harmoniphon, harmonisation, harmonise, harmonised, harmoniser, Harmonist, Harmonium, harmonizable, Harmonization, Harmonize, harmonized, Harmonizer, Harmonometer
WordNet Dictionary
| Definition: |  | [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
| Synonyms: |  | concord, concord, concordance, concordance, harmoniousness, musical harmony
| Antonyms: |  | dissonance
| See Also: |  | accord, agreement, agreement, comity, compatibility, congruence, congruity, congruousness, consonance, four-part harmony, harmonisation, harmonization, music, order, peace, preparation, resolution, sound property
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
| Definition: |  |
    \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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