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.
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Consonance
//ˈkɑn.sə.nəns//
Synonyms for "consonance" (95 found)
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Related words (47)
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8 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- съгласие noun (music harmony; agreement)
- съзвучие noun (the repetition of consonant sounds)
- хармония noun (music harmony; agreement)
Czech
1 entries- souzvuk noun (music harmony; agreement)
French
2 entries- consonance noun (the repetition of consonant sounds)
- consonance noun (music harmony; agreement)
Hungarian
4 entries- konszonánc noun (the repetition of consonant sounds)
- mássalhangzós asszonánc noun (the repetition of consonant sounds)
- összhang noun (music harmony; agreement)
- összhangzat noun (music harmony; agreement)
Italian
1 entries- consonanza noun (music harmony; agreement)
Māori
2 entries- orokati tārua noun (the repetition of consonant sounds)
- orokatirua noun (the repetition of consonant sounds)
Portuguese
1 entries- consonância noun (music harmony; agreement)
Russian
4 entries- гармо́ния noun (music harmony; agreement)
- консона́нс noun (the repetition of consonant sounds)
- консона́нс noun (music harmony; agreement)
- согла́сие noun (music harmony; agreement)
Slovak
1 entries- súzvuk noun (music harmony; agreement)
Swedish
2 entries- konsonans noun (music harmony; agreement)
- samklang noun (music harmony; agreement)
Ukrainian
1 entries- співзву́ччя noun (music harmony; agreement)
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