Consonance
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels. countable, uncountable
- 2 the property of sounding harmonious wordnet
- 3 Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance. countable, uncountable
"Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own."
- 4 the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words wordnet
Example
More examples"Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own."
Etymology
From Middle English consonance, from Middle French consonance, from Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonancy. By surface analysis, con- + son- + -ance.
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