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   Con·so·nance

   /ˈkänsənəns/

   

   noun

   • 1. agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions: "consonance between conservation measures and existing agricultural practice"
   • ▪ the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity (chiefly as used in prosody): "the abrupt quality of the sound is echoed in the final “t” consonance of “discreet” and “shut”"
   • ▪ a combination of notes which are in harmony with each other due to the relationship between their frequencies: "all music creates tension and release, dissonance and consonance"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin consonantia, from consonant- ‘sounding together’, from the verb consonare (see consonant).

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