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consonance
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consonance
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Consonance
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency;
suitableness.
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The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to
the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. --Hammond.
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The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it
is in consonance. --Tyndall.
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3. Friendship; concord. [Obs.]
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By the consonancy of our youth. --Shak.
Syn: Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony;
congruity; suitableness; agreeableness.
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consonance
(wn) | consonance
n 1: the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns)
especially at the ends of words [syn: consonance,
consonant rhyme]
2: the property of sounding harmonious [syn: consonance,
harmoniousness] |
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Consonance
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency;
suitableness.
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The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to
the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. --Hammond.
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The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it
is in consonance. --Tyndall.
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3. Friendship; concord. [Obs.]
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By the consonancy of our youth. --Shak.
Syn: Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony;
congruity; suitableness; agreeableness.
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Imperfect consonances
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
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Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
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Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
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2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
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He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
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Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
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Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
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Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
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Inconsonance
(gcide) | Inconsonance \In*con"so*nance\, Inconsonancy \In*con"so*nan*cy\,
n.
Lack of consonance or harmony of sound, action, or thought;
disagreement.
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