har·mo·ny
(häŕmə-nē)
[Middle English armonie, from Old French, from Latin harmonia, from Greek harmoniā, articulation, agreement, harmony, from harmos, joint.]
noun: pl., -nies.
- Agreement in feeling or opinion; accord: live in harmony.
- A pleasing combination of elements in a whole: color harmony; the order and harmony of the universe. See synonyms at proportion
- Music
- The study of the structure, progression, and relation of chords.
- Simultaneous combination of notes in a chord.
- The structure of a work or passage as considered from the point of view of its chordal characteristics and relationships.
- A combination of sounds considered pleasing to the ear.
- A collation of parallel passages, especially from the Gospels, with a commentary demonstrating their consonance and explaining their discrepancies.