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consonance

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con⋅so⋅nance

  [kon-suh-nuhns]
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–noun
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. Compare dissonance (def. 2).
4. Prosody.
a. the correspondence of consonants, esp. those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse. Compare 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, con⋅so⋅nan⋅cy.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L consonantia concord. See consonant, -ance

Synonyms:
1. concord, harmony, correspondence.

Antonyms:
1. dissonance.
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con·so·nance   (kŏn'sə-nəns)   
n.  

  1. Agreement; harmony; accord.

    1. Close correspondence of sounds.

    2. The repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends of words, as in blank and think or strong and string.

  3. Music A simultaneous combination of sounds not requiring resolution to another combination of sounds for finality of effect and conventionally regarded as harmonious or pleasing.

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