Consonance

Consonance
Consonance Con"so*nance, Consonancy Con"so*nan*cy, n. [L. consonantia: cf. F. consonnance.] 1. (Mus.) Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth. [1913 Webster]

2. Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness. [1913 Webster]

The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]

The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]

3. Friendship; concord. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

By the consonancy of our youth. --Shak.

Syn: Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony; congruity; suitableness; agreeableness. [1913 Webster]


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  • consonance — [ kɔ̃sɔnɑ̃s ] n. f. • consonancie v. 1150 sens 2; lat. consonantia, de sonus « son » 1 ♦ Mus. Ensemble de sons (accord) considéré dans la musique occidentale (et traditionnellement) comme agréable à l oreille (opposé à dissonance). Consonances… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • consonance — early 15c., agreement among persons, from O.Fr. consonance (12c.) consonance, rhyme, from L. consonantia harmony, agreement, from consonantem (nom. consonans) (see CONSONANT (Cf. consonant)). Meaning correspondence of sounds is from 1580s …   Etymology dictionary

  • consonance — I noun accord, accordance, agreement, assent, assonance, attunement, chorus, coherence, coincidence, compatibility, compliance, concert, conciliation, concord, concordance, concurrence, conformity, consensus, consistency, continuity,… …   Law dictionary

  • consonance — фр. [консона/нс], англ. [ко/нсэнэнс] consonanza лат. [консона/нциа] consonanza ит. [консона/нца] созвучие, согласие, консонанс …   Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • consonance — *harmony, concord, accord Analogous words: agreement, conformity, correspondence (see corresponding verbs at AGREE): concurrence, coincidence (see corresponding verbs at AGREE): compatibility, congruity (see corresponding adjectives at CONSONANT) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • consonance — [n] agreement, consistency accord, chime, chorus, concert, concord, conformity, congruence, congruity, correspondence, harmony, suitableness, tune; concept 664 Ant. disagreement, discord, dissonance, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity,… …   New thesaurus

  • consonance — ► NOUN 1) agreement or compatibility. 2) the recurrence of similar sounding consonants, especially in prosody …   English terms dictionary

  • consonance — [kän′sə nəns] n. [ME & OFr < L consonantia < consonans, prp. of consonare, to sound together with < com , with + sonare < sonus,SOUND1] 1. harmony or agreement of elements or parts; accord 2. a pleasing combination of simultaneous… …   English World dictionary

  • Consonance — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. La consonnance ou, depuis 1990, la consonance est une affinité de sons. En musique, la consonance (étymologiquement « sonner avec ») désigne la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • consonance — n. in consonance with * * * [ kɒnsənəns] in consonance with …   Combinatory dictionary

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