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Webster 1913 Edition

Equisonance

E-quis′o-nance

,
Noun.
[
Equi-
+ L.
sonans
, p. pr. of sonare to sound: cf. F. équisonnance. See
Sonant
.]
(Mus.)
An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.

Webster 1828 Edition

Equisonance

EQUISO'NANCE

,
Noun.
An equal sounding; a name by which the Greeks distinguished the consonances of the octave and double octave.

Definition 2024

equisonance

equisonance

English

Noun

equisonance ‎(usually uncountable, plural equisonances)

  1. (music) An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.

Etymology

From equi- + Latin sonans, present participle of sonare ‎(“to sound”). Compare French équisonnance. See sonant.

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