harmony (noun)

  • 71pop music — noun music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered down version of rock n roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love • Syn: ↑pop • Hypernyms: ↑popular music, ↑popular music genre * * * ˈpop music 7 [pop music] …

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  • 72sweetness and light — noun a mild reasonableness when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light • Hypernyms: ↑affability, ↑affableness, ↑amiability, ↑amiableness, ↑bonhomie, ↑geniality * * * noun …

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  • 73false relation — noun : the discrepancy in traditional harmony caused by using in different musical voice parts either simultaneously or in successive chords any given tone and one of its chromatic derivatives called also cross relation * * * false relation noun… …

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  • 74harmonic conjugates — noun plural : the two points that divide a line segment internally and externally in the same ratio * * * Math. two points whose cross ratio with two specified points equals 1. [1880 85] * * * harmonic conjugates plural noun Two points dividing a …

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  • 75harmonic division — noun : the division of a line segment at two points internally and externally in the same ratio compare harmonic conjugates * * * harmonic division noun Division by such conjugates • • • Main Entry: ↑harmony …

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  • 76noble savage — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized N&S : a mythic conception of people belonging to non European cultures as having innate natural simplicity and virtue uncorrupted by European civilization ; also : a person exemplifying this conception * * *… …

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  • 77harmonic range — noun see harmonic row * * * harmonic range noun A set of four points in a straight line such that two of them divide the line between the other two internally and externally in the same ratio • • • Main Entry: ↑harmony …

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  • 78harmoniphone — noun see harmoniphon * * * harmoniphone or harmoniphon / monˈi fōn or fon/ noun A keyboard wind instrument with reeds • • • Main Entry: ↑harmony …

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  • 79agreement — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. the act or fact of agreeing b. harmony of opinion, action, or character ; concord 2. a. an arrangement as to a course of action b. compact, treaty …

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  • 80bluegrass — noun Date: 1751 1. any of several grasses (genus Poa) of which some have bluish green culms; especially Kentucky bluegrass 2. [from the Blue Grass Boys, performing group, from Bluegrass state, nickname of Kentucky] country music played on… …

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