CONSONANCE


Meaning of CONSONANCE in English

/kon"seuh neuhns/ , n.

1. accord or agreement.

2. correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds.

3. Music. a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose. Cf. dissonance (def. 2). See illus. under resolution .

4. Pros.

a. the correspondence of consonants, esp. those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse. Cf. alliteration (def. 1).

b. the use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device.

5. Physics. the property of two sounds the frequencies of which have a ratio equal to a small whole number.

Also, consonancy .

[ 1350-1400; ME ( consonantia concord. See CONSONANT, -ANCE ]

Syn. 1. concord, harmony, correspondence.

Ant. 1. dissonance.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .