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I came up with a 'forecasting cell,' which is basically a mixed intention cell or chord that is a complete hybrid of a consonance and a dissonance, and what that does when you are improvising is lead you to where you are supposed to go.
Christian Scott

Meaning of "consonance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSONANCE

consonance  [ˈkɒnsənəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSONANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Consonance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONSONANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Consonance and dissonance

In music, a consonance is a harmony, chord, or interval considered stable, as opposed to a dissonance, which is considered unstable. In more general usage, a consonance is a combination of notes that sound pleasant to most people when played at the same time; dissonance is a combination of notes that sound harsh or unpleasant to most people. This is a cultural concept as musics other than those from the western art music tradition, e.g. Balkan, Arabic, Chinese, do not follow this definition.

Definition of consonance in the English dictionary

The definition of consonance in the dictionary is agreement, harmony, or accord. Other definition of consonance is an interval or chord producing this sensation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSONANCE


assonance
ˈæsənəns
dissonance
ˈdɪsənəns
dominance
ˈdɒmɪnəns
governance
ˈɡʌvənəns
immanence
ˈɪmənəns
impermanence
ɪmˈpɜːmənəns
inconsonance
ɪnˈkɒnsənəns
maintenance
ˈmeɪntɪnəns
misgovernance
ˌmɪsˈɡʌvənəns
mountenance
ˈmaʊntənəns
mountenaunce
ˈmaʊntənəns
ordonnance
ˈɔːdənəns
permanence
ˈpɜːmənəns
pertinence
ˈpɜːtɪnəns
remanence
ˈrɛmənəns
resonance
ˈrɛzənəns
sovenance
ˈsuːvənəns
sustenance
ˈsʌstənəns
thermoremanence
ˌθɜːməʊˈrɛmənəns
unisonance
juːˈnɪsənəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONSONANCE

consolidated laws
consolidated school district
consolidation
consolidation loan
consolidative
consolidator
consoling
consolingly
consols
consolute
consonancies
consonancy
consonant
consonant cluster
consonant shift
consonantal
consonantal alliteration
consonantally
consonantly
consonous

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONSONANCE

advance
alternance
car maintenance
care and maintenance
clinical governance
corporate governance
countenance
electron paramagnetic resonance
electron spin resonance
finance
high-maintenance
luminance
magnetic resonance
nance
nuclear magnetic resonance
ordnance
penance
predominance
provenance
refinance
sonance

Synonyms and antonyms of consonance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONSONANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «consonance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of consonance

Translation of «consonance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONSONANCE

Find out the translation of consonance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of consonance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «consonance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灵犀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la consonancia
570 millions of speakers

English

consonance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुरूप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإنسجام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

созвучие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

consonância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঐক্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

consonance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Konsonan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Konsonanz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

調和
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

협화음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Konsonan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cộng hưởng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இசைந்திருத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकसमान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ahenk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

consonanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

współbrzmienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

співзвуччя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

consonanță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνήχηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gelijkluidend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

samklang
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konsonanser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of consonance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSONANCE»

The term «consonance» is regularly used and occupies the 83.292 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSONANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about consonance

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QUOTES WITH «CONSONANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word consonance.
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Christian Scott
I came up with a 'forecasting cell,' which is basically a mixed intention cell or chord that is a complete hybrid of a consonance and a dissonance, and what that does when you are improvising is lead you to where you are supposed to go.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSONANCE»

Discover the use of consonance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to consonance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Coherence, Consonance, and Conversation: The Quest of ...
Coherence, Consonance, and Conversation focuses on one of the most intriguing areas in contemporary theology today: the relationship between theology and natural science.
S. Brian Stratton, 2000
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Science and Theology: The New Consonance
Complementing these viewpoints, theologians address these same issues from a religious standpoint. Chapter authors include Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of the laser, Charles Townes, along with Pope John Paul II.
Ted Peters, 1998
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Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale
The book will also be of interest to engineers and others interested in the design of audio devices such as musical synthesizers, special effects devices, and keyboards.
William A. Sethares, 2005
4
Curriculum Consonance in Technology Education Classrooms: ...
This study examines the current technology education curriculum that is promoted by the field of technology education and the curriculum that is being taught to and experienced by students.
Ryan A. Brown, 2007
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Bridging Science and Religion
In committing to hypothetical consonance both science and religion are taking risks. Religion agrees to subject its presuppositions to scientific scrutiny, and to assume that a scientific description of the natural world might be fruitful for religious ...
Ted Peters, Gaymon Bennett
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Quantifying Music: The Science of Music at the First Stage ...
He mentioned Euler's work on degrees of consonance, and he credited Rameau and D'Alembert in particular with having been the ones who "for the first time shifted [the theory of consonance] from metaphysical to physical ground".12 Of ...
H.F. Cohen, 1984
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The University of Missouri Studies
"consonance," not any of the other terms above mentioned, which are more or less ambiguous. The word "dissonance," commonly used by musicians, is not a necessary scientific term, though we may use the word in order to designate ...
8
Art and the Absolute: A Study of Hegel's Aesthetics
Aquinas' second characteristic, consonance, develops further the nature of this sustaining, complex unity. Consonance or harmony cannot be a condition of homogeneous uniformity or simplicity. Some element of heterogeneity, plurality, ...
William Desmond, 1986
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Across the Boundaries : Extrapolation in Biology and Social ...
However, the extrapolation theorem is limited not only insofar as it assumes consonance, but also in presuming that X and Y are binary. For instance, in the example of the substance found to be carcinogenic in laboratory rats, it is likely that X ...
Daniel Steel Assistant Professor of Philosophy Michigan State University, 2007
10
Paradoxes for Living: Cultivating Faith in Confusing Times
Adrian van Kaam has a word for this: consonance. When we truly relinquish our lives to God and let God's Spirit flow through us, we live in consonance with God. The word comes from the Latin root sonare, which means "sound," and from the ...
N. Graham Standish, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSONANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term consonance is used in the context of the following news items.
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More than 1 million gather for pope's Mass in South America
Francis thanked Correa for his “consonance of thought.” “You've cited me too much,” he said. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico ... «New Haven Register, Jul 15»
2
United Oppn to take on Govt over caste census
Yadav found non-releasing of caste count as "ridiculous" and alleged that it is "not in consonance with the assurance given in Parliament by the ... «The Echo of India, Jul 15»
3
Lidasan: What we need to know about Islamic banking and finance …
In another definition, “Islamic Banking is about the conduct of Banking and Finance operations in consonance with Shariah principles. «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
4
Dump hybrid polls, Comelec urged
... with the poll body's plan since holding a hybrid voting system is still in consonance with the spirit of Automated Election System (AES) law. «Tempo, Jul 15»
5
Keeping paying guest while self occupying the house
“Thus, by 12.01.2013, all laws on cooperative societies were bound to be restructured in consonance with the Ninety Seventh Amendment of ... «Indian Cooperative, Jul 15»
6
The B&B Causelist#5: July 7, 2015
... authorities under the Right to Information Act, 2005 in consonance with an earlier order to that effect by the Chief Information Commission. «Bar & Bench, Jul 15»
7
HomeWe've Heard Enough Rabbis on Gay Marriage. Now, We …
... there can be spiritual significance even in those moments when an individual's life is not in consonance with Halacha's religious prescripts. «Forward, Jul 15»
8
NEMSA, NERC Disagreements Will Be Sorted Out
This country has a law which says that you cannot bring in equipment in Nigeria to generate electricity, that are not in consonance with our ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
9
1 million people expected at pope's Mass in South America
Francis, straying from his prepared remarks, thanked Correa for his “consonance of thought.” “You've cited me too much,” he said. The Vatican ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
10
World Bazaar Donates to Education Ministry
He regretted that education approach used over years was not done with consonance of what the market needs; mismatch of qualification and ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

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