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Harmony
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.
(2):
(n.) The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.
(3):
(n.) Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
(4):
(n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
(5):
(n.) The science which treats of their construction and progression.
(6):
(n.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Harmony'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/harmony.html. 1828.
