'Consonancy' definitions:
Definition of 'Consonancy'
From: 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. [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]
Words containing 'Consonancy'
- Consonance,
- Consonant,
- Consonantly,
- Consonantness,
- Consonous,
- consonate,
- Imperfect consonances,
- affricate consonant,
- alveolar consonant,
- consonant rhyme,
- consonant shifting,
- consonant system,
- continuant consonant,
- dental consonant,
- fricative consonant,
- guttural consonant,
- labial consonant,
- labiodental consonant,
- nasal consonant,
- pharyngeal consonant,
- plosive consonant,
- sibilant consonant,
- stop consonant,
- velar consonant,
- voiceless consonant