harmony
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Harmonic \Har*mon"ic\ (h[aum]r*m[o^]n"[i^]k), Harmonical
\Har*mon"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [L. harmonicus, Gr. "armoniko`s;
cf. F. harmonique. See {Harmony}.]
1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.
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Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. --Pope.
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2. (Mus.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to
melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds
or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent
single tone of any string or sonorous body.
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3. (Math.) Having relations or properties bearing some
resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of
certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines,
motions, and the like.
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{Harmonic interval} (Mus.), the distance between two notes of
a chord, or two consonant notes.
{Harmonical mean} (Arith. & Alg.), certain relations of
numbers and quantities, which bear an analogy to musical
consonances.
{Harmonic motion}, 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 or
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 {Harmonic 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 {harmonia}, and {harmony}.
{Harmonic triad} (Mus.), the chord of a note with its third
and fifth; the common chord.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Harmony \Har"mo*ny\ (h[aum]r"m[-o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. {Harmonies}
(-n[i^]z). [F. harmonie, L. harmonia, Gr. "armoni`a joint,
proportion, concord, fr. "armo`s 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 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.
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2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners,
interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and
friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
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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.
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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.
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Ten thousand harps, that tuned
Angelic harmonies. --Milton.
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5. (Anat.) See {Harmonic suture}, under {Harmonic}.
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{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.
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from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Harmony, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 526
Housing Units (2000): 223
Land area (2000): 1.382112 sq. miles (3.579653 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003144 sq. miles (0.008142 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.385256 sq. miles (3.587795 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29640
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.961588 N, 80.773947 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 28634
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Harmony, NC
Harmony
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Harmony, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 589
Housing Units (2000): 255
Land area (2000): 0.754158 sq. miles (1.953259 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.754158 sq. miles (1.953259 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31486
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.535401 N, 87.073872 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Harmony, IN
Harmony
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Harmony, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 937
Housing Units (2000): 434
Land area (2000): 0.379664 sq. miles (0.983324 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004846 sq. miles (0.012552 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.384510 sq. miles (0.995876 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32688
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.801452 N, 80.127412 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16037
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Harmony, PA
Harmony
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Harmony, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 1080
Housing Units (2000): 500
Land area (2000): 1.138171 sq. miles (2.947848 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.138171 sq. miles (2.947848 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27188
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 43.552703 N, 92.009421 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55939
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Harmony, MN
Harmony
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
292 Moby Thesaurus words for "harmony":
acclamation, accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence,
adaptation, adaption, adjustment, affinity, agape, agreement,
agreement of all, amity, an in, arrangement, array, articulation,
assent, atlas, attune, attunement, balance, beauty,
bilateral symmetry, bipartisanship, bliss, bonds of harmony,
brotherly love, calendar, caritas, casebook, catalog,
catalogue raisonne, cement of friendship, cessation of combat,
charity, chime, chiming, chorus, city directory,
classified catalog, closeness, coaction, coadjuvancy,
coadministration, coagency, coaptation, cochairmanship,
codirectorship, coherence, coincidence, collaboration,
collaborativeness, collectivism, collusion, commensalism,
common assent, common consent, common effort, common enterprise,
communalism, communion, communism, communitarianism, community,
community of interests, compatibility, compliance, complicity,
concatenation, concentus, concert, concinnity, concord,
concordance, concurrence, conformance, conformation,
conformation other-direction, conformity, congeniality, congruence,
congruency, congruity, consensus, consensus gentium,
consensus of opinion, consensus omnium, consent, consentaneity,
consistency, consonance, consonancy, consort, conventionality,
cooperation, cooperativeness, correspondence, cyclopedia,
deployment, diapason, diatesseron, dictionary catalog, dignity,
directory, disposal, disposition, duet, duumvirate,
dynamic symmetry, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, elegance,
empathy, encyclopedia, equality, equilibrium, equivalence, esprit,
esprit de corps, euphony, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness,
exemption from hostilities, favor, favorable regard,
feeling of identity, fellow feeling, fellowship, finish, fitness,
flexibility, formation, freedom from war, frictionlessness,
friendly relations, gazetteer, general acclamation,
general agreement, general consent, general voice, good graces,
good terms, good understanding, good vibes, good vibrations,
goodwill, grace, happy family, harmonics, heavy harmony, homophony,
identity, index, integration, integrity, intersection,
joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, keeping, kinship,
layout, liberty in tranquillity, like-mindedness, line, lineup,
love, malleability, marshaling, mass action, measure, measuredness,
meeting of minds, mellifluousness, melodics, melodiousness, melody,
monochord, monody, morale, multilateral symmetry, music,
music theory, musicality, musicography, musicology,
mutual assistance, mutual regard, mutual understanding, mutualism,
mutuality, obedience, observance, octet, one accord, one voice,
oneness, order, orderedness, orderliness, organization, orthodoxy,
overlap, parallelism, pax, peace, peacetime, phone book, pliancy,
polyglot, polyphony, pooling, pooling of resources, proportion,
proportionality, pulling together, quartet, quiet, quietude,
quintet, rapport, rapprochement, reciprocity, reconcilement,
reconciliation, record book, reference book, regard, regularity,
respect, rhythm, rhythmics, routine, same mind, self-consistency,
septet, setup, sextet, shapeliness, sharing, single voice,
solidarity, sonority, source book, spirituality, strictness,
structure, studbook, sweetness, symbiosis, symmetricalness,
symmetry, sympathy, symphony, sync, synchronism, synchronization,
synergism, synergy, system, tally, team spirit, teamwork,
telephone book, telephone directory, theory, three-part harmony,
timing, togetherness, total agreement, traditionalism,
tranquillity, trilateral symmetry, trio, triumvirate, troika, tune,
tunefulness, unanimity, unanimousness, understanding, uniformity,
union, unison, unisonance, united action, unity,
universal agreement, work of reference
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