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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.