harmony /härˈmə-ni/

1. A fitting together of parts so as to form a connected whole
2. Agreement in relation
3. In any art, a normal and satisfying state of completeness and order in the relations of things to each other
4. A simultaneous and successive combination of aesthetically agreeable sounds (music)
5. The whole chordal structure of a piece, as distinguished from its melody or its rhythm (music)
6. Concord, agreement
7. Music in general
8. A collation of parallel passages to demonstrate agreement, eg of Gospels

harmonic /här-monˈik/ adjective

1. In harmony
2. In aesthetically pleasing proportion
3. Relating to (good) harmony
4. Musical
5. Concordant
6. In accordance with the physical relations of sounds in harmony or bodies emitting such sounds (mathematics)

1. A component of a sound whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency
2. An overtone
3. A flute-like sound produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching a string at a node
4. One of the components of what the ear hears as a single sound
5. (in television broadcasting) a reflected signal received on a different channel from that on which the main signal is received
6. (see also harmonics below)

harmonˈica noun

1. A mouth organ
2. The musical glasses, an instrument consisting of drinking-glasses (or revolving glass basins in Benjamin Franklin's mechanized version) filled to different levels with water, and touched on the rim with a wet finger to produce sounds of different pitch
3. An instrument composed of a soundbox and hanging strips of glass or metal, struck by a hammer

harmonˈical adjective

harmonˈically adverb

harmonˈichord noun

A keyboard instrument of violin tone, in which the strings are rubbed by rosined wheels

harmonˈicon noun

1. A harmonica
2. An orchestrion
3. A pyrophone (as in chemical harmonicon)

harmonˈics singular noun

The science or study of musical acoustics

harmonious /-mōˈni-əs/ adjective

1. In, having or producing harmony
2. In agreement
3. Aesthetically pleasing to the ear or eye
4. Concordant
5. Congruous

harmōnˈiously adverb

harmōnˈiousness noun

harmoniphone or harmoniphon /-monˈi-fōn or -fon/ noun

A keyboard wind instrument with reeds

harˈmonist noun

1. A person skilled in harmony (in theory or composition)
2. A reconciler
3. A person who seeks to reconcile apparent inconsistencies
4. (with cap) a member of a Second Adventist celibate sect (also Harˈmonite) founded by George Rapp (died 1847), from its settlement at Harmony, Pennsylvania

harmonistˈic adjective

harmōnˈium noun

A reed organ, esp one in which the air is forced (not drawn) through the reeds

harmōnˈiumist noun

harmonization or harmonisation /här-mən-ī-zāˈshən or -i-/ noun

1. Any action of the verb harmonize
2. (in the EU) the progressive introduction of norms and standards applicable in all EU countries

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