| 单词 | consonance |
| 释义 | consonance /kon"seuh neuhns/, n. 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. Cf. dissonance (def. 2). See illus. under resolution. 4. Pros. a. the correspondence of consonants, esp. those at the end of a word, in a passage of prose or verse. Cf. 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, consonancy. [1350-1400; ME ( < AF) < L consonantia concord. See CONSONANT, -ANCE] Syn. 1. concord, harmony, correspondence. Ant. 1. dissonance. |
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