Harmony : (noun)
1: compatibility in opinion and action [syn: harmoniousness]
2: the structure of music with respect to the composition and
progression of chords [syn: musical harmony]
3: a harmonious state of things in general and of their
properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts
with one another and with the whole [syn: concord, concordance]
4: agreement of opinions [syn: concord, concordance]
5: an agreeable sound property [ant: dissonance]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Thorough bass \Thor"ough bass`\ (Mus.)
The representation of chords by figures placed under the
base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as
synonymous with harmony.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Harmony : \Har"mo*ny\, n.; pl. Harmonies. [ F. harmonic, L.
harmonia, Gr. ? joint, proportion, concord, fr. ? a fitting
or joining. See Article. ]
1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system
or combination of things, or in things, or things intended
to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the
different parts of a design or composition as to produce
unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.
2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners,
interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and
friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
3. A literary work which brings together or arranges
systematically parallel passages of historians respecting
the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency;
as, a harmony of the Gospels.
4. (Mus.)
(a) A succession of chords according to the rules of
progression and modulation.
(b) The science which treats of their construction and
progression.
Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic
harmonies. --Milton.
5. (Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See under Close,
Dispersed, etc.
Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under
Music.
Syn: Harmony, Melody.
Usage: Harmony results from the concord of two or more
strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality.
Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of
musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each
other in a single verse or strain.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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the motion of the point A, of the foot of the perpendicular PA,
when P moves uniformly in the circumference of a circle, and PA
is drawn perpendicularly upon a fixed diameter of the circle.
This is simple harmonic motion. The combinations, in any way, of
two more simple harmonic motions, make other kinds of harmonic
motion. The motion of the pendulum bob of a clock is
approximately simple harmonic motion.
Harmonic proportion. See under Proportion.
Harmonic series or progression. See under Progression.
Spherical harmonic analysis, a mathematical method,
sometimes referred to as that of Laplace's Coefficients,
which has for its object the expression of an arbitrary,
periodic function of two independent variables, in the
proper form for a large class of physical problems,
involving arbitrary data, over a spherical surface, and
the deduction of solutions for every point of space. The
functions employed in this method are called spherical
harmonic functions. --Thomson & Tait.
Harmonic suture (Anat.), an articulation by simple
apposition of comparatively smooth surfaces or edges, as
between the two superior maxillary bones in man; -- called
also harmonic, and harmony.
Harmonic triad (Mus.), the chord of a note with its third
and fifth; the common chord.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Harmony, IN (town, FIPS 31486)
Location: 39.53402 N, 87.07342 W
Population (1990): 645 (269 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Harmony, MN (city, FIPS 27188)
Location: 43.55530 N, 92.00938 W
Population (1990): 1081 (486 housing units)
Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55939
Harmony, NC (town, FIPS 29640)
Location: 35.95840 N, 80.77280 W
Population (1990): 431 (195 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28634
Harmony, PA (borough, FIPS 32688)
Location: 40.80126 N, 80.12516 W
Population (1990): 1054 (432 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 16037
Harmony, WV
Zip code(s): 25246
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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