consonance
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin consonantia
Noun
consonance (countable and uncountable, plural consonances) Template:examples-right
- (prosody) The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels as in assonance.
- (chiefly music) Harmony; agreement; lack of discordance.
- Tyndall
- The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance.
- Tyndall
Antonyms
Translations
the repetition of consonant sounds
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music harmony; agreement
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