harmony
6 definitions found
harmony - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Harmonic \Har*mon"ic\ (h[aum]r*m[o^]n"[i^]k), Harmonical
\Har*mon"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [L. harmonicus, Gr. "armoniko`s;
cf. F. harmonique. See Harmony.]
1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.
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Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. --Pope.
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2. (Mus.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to
melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds
or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent
single tone of any string or sonorous body.
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3. (Math.) Having relations or properties bearing some
resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of
certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines,
motions, and the like.
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Harmonic interval (Mus.), the distance between two notes of
a chord, or two consonant notes.
Harmonical mean (Arith. & Alg.), certain relations of
numbers and quantities, which bear an analogy to musical
consonances.
Harmonic motion, the motion of the point A, of the foot of
the perpendicular PA, when P moves uniformly in the
circumference of a circle, and PA is drawn perpendicularly
upon a fixed diameter of the circle. This is simple
harmonic motion. The combinations, in any way, of two or
more simple harmonic motions, make other kinds of harmonic
motion. The motion of the pendulum bob of a clock is
approximately simple harmonic motion.
Harmonic proportion. See under Proportion.
Harmonic series or Harmonic progression. See under
Progression.
Spherical harmonic analysis, a mathematical method,
sometimes referred to as that of Laplace's Coefficients,
which has for its object the expression of an arbitrary,
periodic function of two independent variables, in the
proper form for a large class of physical problems,
involving arbitrary data, over a spherical surface, and
the deduction of solutions for every point of space. The
functions employed in this method are called spherical
harmonic functions. --Thomson & Tait.
Harmonic suture (Anat.), an articulation by simple
apposition of comparatively smooth surfaces or edges, as
between the two superior maxillary bones in man; -- called
also harmonia, and harmony.
Harmonic triad (Mus.), the chord of a note with its third
and fifth; the common chord.
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Harmony \Har"mo*ny\ (h[aum]r"m[-o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Harmonies
(-n[i^]z). [F. harmonie, L. harmonia, Gr. "armoni`a joint,
proportion, concord, fr. "armo`s 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 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.
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2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners,
interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and
friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
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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.
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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.
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Ten thousand harps, that tuned
Angelic harmonies. --Milton.
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5. (Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
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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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Thorough bass \Thor"ough bass`\ (Mus.)
The representation of chords by figures placed under the
base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as
synonymous with harmony.
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harmony - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
harmony
n 1: compatibility in opinion and action [syn: harmony,
harmoniousness]
2: the structure of music with respect to the composition and
progression of chords [syn: harmony, musical harmony]
3: 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 [syn: harmony, concord,
concordance]
4: agreement of opinions [syn: harmony, concord,
concordance]
5: an agreeable sound property [ant: dissonance]
harmony - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Harmony, IN (town, FIPS 31486)
Location: 39.53402 N, 87.07342 W
Population (1990): 645 (269 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Harmony, MN (city, FIPS 27188)
Location: 43.55530 N, 92.00938 W
Population (1990): 1081 (486 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55939
Harmony, NC (town, FIPS 29640)
Location: 35.95840 N, 80.77280 W
Population (1990): 431 (195 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28634
Harmony, PA (borough, FIPS 32688)
Location: 40.80126 N, 80.12516 W
Population (1990): 1054 (432 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 16037
Harmony, WV
Zip code(s): 25246
harmony - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
292 Moby Thesaurus words for "harmony":
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 of reference
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