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u·ni·son    Audio Help   [yoo-nuh-suhn, -zuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
2.the musical interval of a perfect prime.
3.the performance of musical parts at the same pitch or at the octave.
4.a sounding together in octaves, esp. of male and female voices or of higher and lower instruments of the same class.
5.a process in which all elements behave in the same way at the same time; simultaneous or synchronous parallel action: to march in unison.
6.in unison, in perfect accord; corresponding exactly: My feelings on the subject are in unison with yours.

[Origin: 1565–75; < ML ūnisonus of a single sound, equiv. to L ūni- uni- + sonus sound]
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u·ni·son    Audio Help   (yōō'nĭ-sən, -zən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Music
    1. Identity of pitch; the interval of a perfect prime.
    2. The combination of parts at the same pitch or in octaves.
  2. The act or an instance of speaking the same words simultaneously by two or more speakers.
  3. An instance of agreement; concord.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin ūnisonus, in unison, from Late Latin, monotonous : Latin ūni-, uni- + Latin sonus, sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]

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unison 
1574, from M.Fr. unisson "unison, accord of sound" (16c.), from M.L. unisonus "having one sound, sounding the same," from L.L. unisonius "in immediate sequence in the scale, monotonous," from L. uni- "one" (see one) + sonus "sound" (see sound (n.1)). Sense of "harmonious agreement" is first attested 1650.

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unison

noun
1. corresponding exactly; "marching in unison" 
2. occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in unison" 
3. (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves; "singing in unison" 

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unison1 [ˈjuːnisn] noun
an identical musical note, or series of notes, produced by several voices singing, or instruments playing, together
Example: They sang in unison.
Arabic: وِحْدَة النَّغَمات
Chinese (Simplified): 齐唱
Chinese (Traditional): 齊唱
Czech: jednohlas
Danish: kor
Dutch: unisono
Estonian: unisoon
Finnish: yksiäänisesti
French: unisson
German: der Einklang
Greek: μουσική αρμονία
Hungarian: uniszónó
Icelandic: einröddun, einhljómur
Italian: unisono
Japanese: 斉唱
Latvian: unisons
Lithuanian: unisonas
Norwegian: enstemmig sang, *klang
Polish: unisono
Portuguese (Portugal): uníssono
Russian: унисон
Slovak: jednohlas
Slovenian: enoglasje
Spanish: unísono
Swedish: samklang, harmoni, unisont
Turkish: ahenk, birlik
unison2 [ˈjuːnisn] noun
agreement
Example: They acted in unison.
Arabic: تَسأوق، إنْسِجام
Chinese (Simplified): 一致
Chinese (Traditional): 一致
Czech: souhlas
Danish: enighed
Dutch: eendracht
Estonian: kooskõla
Finnish: sopusoinnussa
French: (à l')unisson
German: der Einklang
Greek: σύμπνοια, ομοφωνία, συμφωνία
Hungarian: egyetértés
Icelandic: samræmi
Italian: (all')unisono*
Japanese: 一致
Latvian: saskaņa; vienota darbība
Lithuanian: sutarimas
Norwegian: enighet, harmoni
Polish: zgoda
Portuguese (Portugal): de comum acordo
Russian: согласие
Slovak: súhlas
Slovenian: soglasnost
Spanish: (al) unísono
Swedish: enighet, samförstånd
Turkish: anlaşma
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unison

Playing or singing the same musical notes, or notes separated from each other by one or several octaves. Musicians who perform in unison are not playing or singing chords.


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Unison

U"ni*son\ (?; 277), n. [LL. unisonus having the same sound; L. unus one + sonus a sound: cf. F. unisson, It. unisono. See One, and Sound a noise.]

1. Harmony; agreement; concord; union.

2. (Mus.) Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves.

Note: If two cords of the same substance have equal length, thickness, and tension, they are said to be in unison, and their sounds will be in unison. Sounds of very different qualities and force may be in unison, as the sound of a bell may be in unison with a sound of a flute. Unison, then, consists in identity of pitch alone, irrespective of quality of sound, or timbre, whether of instruments or of human voices. A piece or passage is said to be sung or played in unison when all the voices or instruments perform the same part, in which sense unison is contradistinguished from harmony.

3. A single, unvaried. [R.] --Pope.

In unison, in agreement; agreeing in tone; in concord.
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Unison

U"ni*son\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. It. unisono. See Unison, n.]

1. Sounding alone. [Obs.]

[sounds] intermixed with voice, Choral or unison. --Milton.

2. (Mus.) Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound.
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Unison

U"ni*son\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. It. unisono. See Unison, n.]

1. Sounding alone. [Obs.]

[sounds] intermixed with voice, Choral or unison. --Milton.

2. (Mus.) Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound.
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Unison

U*nis"o*nant\, a. [Uni- + sonant. See Unison.] Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.
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Unison

U*nis"o*nous\, a. [See Unison.] Being in unison; unisonant. --Busby.
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