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noun
Idiom1.
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, especially 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.
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Origin:
1565–75; < Medieval Latin ūnisonus of a single sound, equivalent to Latin ūni- uni- + sonus sound
1565–75; < Medieval Latin ūnisonus of a single sound, equivalent to Latin ūni- uni- + sonus sound
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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)).
EXPANDSense of "harmonious agreement" is first attested 1650.
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