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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•so•nan•cy (dis′ə nən sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies. - dissonance.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•so•nance /ˈdɪsənəns/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- harsh sound;
discord:the dissonance of the untuned violins. - lack of harmony or agreement:no way to reconcile such dissonance of opinion.
dis•so•nant, adj.: dissonant colors.See -son-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•so•nance (dis′ə nəns),USA pronunciation n. - inharmonious or harsh sound;
discord; cacophony. - Music and Dance
- a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of unrest and needing completion.
- an unresolved, discordant chord or interval. Cf. consonance (def. 3). See illus. under resolution.
- disagreement or incongruity.
- Late Latin dissonantia, equivalent. to disson- (see dissonant) + -antia -ance
- 1565–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dissonance /ˈdɪsənəns/, dissonancy n - a discordant combination of sounds
- lack of agreement or consistency
- a sensation commonly associated with all intervals of the second and seventh, all diminished and augmented intervals, and all chords based on these intervals
- an interval or chord of this kind
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