Dissonance Definition

dĭsə-nəns
noun
An inharmonious sound or combination of sounds; discord.
Webster's New World
Any lack of harmony or agreement; incongruity.
Webster's New World
A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.
American Heritage
A chord that sounds incomplete or unfulfilled until resolved to a harmonious chord.
Webster's New World

A state of disagreement or conflict.

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Noun

Singular:
dissonance
Plural:
dissonances

Origin of Dissonance

  • From Middle French dissonance

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Dissonance Sentence Examples

  • This tone may be within dissonance range of one of the primaries.

  • The sound is jarring and harsh, and we term it a " dissonance " or " discord."

  • Yet, despite the recent harmony, there is much that could create dissonance.

  • The frequency of beats giving maximum dissonance rises as we rise higher in the musical scale, and falls as we descend.

  • If all tones were pure, dissonance at this part of the scale would not occur if the interval were more than a third.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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Words Starting With D and Ending With E

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