consonance

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con·so·nance / ˈkänsənəns/ • n. agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions: consonance between conservation measures and existing agricultural practice. ∎  the recurrence of similar sounds, esp. consonants, in close proximity (chiefly as used in prosody). ∎  Mus. the combination of notes that are in harmony with each other due to the relationship between their frequencies.

Consonance

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Consonance

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