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单词 dissonance
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dissonancen.

Brit. /ˈdɪsənəns/, U.S. /ˈdɪsənəns/
Etymology: < Latin dissonāntia dissonance, discrepancy, < dissonānt-em dissonant adj. and n.: see -ance suffix. Compare French dissonance (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter)
1. The quality or fact of being dissonant; an inharmonious or harsh sound or combination of sounds; = discord n. 3a(a), 4 spec. in Music, A combination of tones causing beats (cf. beat n.1 8), and thus producing a harsh effect; also, a note which in combination with others produces this effect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun]
harshnessc1480
dissonance1598
raucedity1599
raucity1607
untunableness1611
disharmony1656
asperity1664
raucidity1669
inharmoniousness1768
tunelessness1881
untunefulness1881
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > lack of harmony
discorda1398
discordancea1425
absurdityc1429
dissonance1598
discordancy1607
disharmony1656
dissonancy1657
cacophony1776
mistone1813
unharmony1832
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. Postscr. 104 The tralation of one of Persius his Satyrs into English, the difficultie & disonance wherof, shal make good my assertion.
1637 J. Milton Comus 19 The..roare..Filld the aire with barbarous dissonance.
1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. i. vii. 123 Making false Musick and committing dissonances.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 29. ¶7 What is Harmony to one Ear, may be Dissonance to another.
1739 W. Melmoth Fitzosborne Lett. (1763) 64 The harshness and dissonance of so unharmonious a sentence.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vi. 180 With all the dissonance of boisterous mirth.
1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Harmony (ed. 2) viii. 95 The intruded new sound..is called a Dissonance. The chord in which the Dissonance is heard, is called a Discord.
1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 301 The various degrees of dissonance are produced by beats.
figurative.1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) v. vi. 196 Your shooting-coat, which was in tune upon the moors, is a dissonance amongst ladies in full dress.
2. Want of concord or harmony (between things); disagreement, incongruity; = discord n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun]
discordance1340
variancec1374
discorda1387
disconvenience?a1425
unsuingc1425
disaccordancec1436
unaccordancec1449
inconveniencec1460
discrepancea1464
difformness1547
disagreeance1548
disagreeing1548
jar1548
disagreement1551
disagreeableness1570
dissonancy1584
discordancy1587
discoherencea1600
disconveniency1601
disharmonya1602
dissent1603
dissonancea1604
incongruency1604
incongruence1610
incongruity1612
discongruity1624
inconformity1625
discorrespondencya1641
inconsonancy1650
inconsistence1651
dissidy1657
unagreeableness1658
discomposure1659
disconsonancy1659
uncorrespondency1659
inconveniency1662
unconsonancy1665
incorrespondence1667
oddness1680
inconsistency1699
incongruousness1727
irreconcilementa1737
discrepancy1748
incoincidence?1798
inaccordance1808
inconsonance1811
inaccordancy1817
incorrespondency1817
cacophony1831
divergence1837
disaccord1871
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 47 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) To reconcile the dissonance of varying writers.
1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §43 The greatest dissonance, and even contrariety of opinions.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xlvii. 381 This puzzling variation and dissonance between the different tribes.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. iii. 83 The molecules..are in dissonance with the luminous rays.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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