dissonance

Definition of Dissonance in English :

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Noun

1. disagreement, dissension, dissonance

a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

2. dissonance, noise, racket

the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

Example Sentences:
'modern music is just noise to me'

noise
racket

3. dissonance

disagreeable sounds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dissonance

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noun

1.

a discordant combination of sounds

2.

lack of agreement or consistency

3. music

a.

a sensation commonly associated with all intervals of the second and seventh, all diminished and augmented intervals, and all chords based on these intervals

Compare consonance (sense 3)

b.

an interval or chord of this kind

Dissonance

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noun

1.

an inharmonious sound or combination of sounds; discord

2.

any lack of harmony or agreement; incongruity

3. Music

a chord that sounds incomplete or unfulfilled until resolved to a harmonious chord

Dissonance

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n.

1. A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; discord.

2. Lack of agreement, consistency, or harmony; conflict: "In Vietnam, reality fell away and dissonance between claim and fact filled the void" (Michael Janeway).

3. Music A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.

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