English-Thai Dictionary

harmony

N การ ประสานเสียง  kan-pra-san-siang

 

harmony

N ความสามัคคี  ความกลมกลืน  ความปรองดอง  ความตกลง กันได้  ความ ลงรอยกัน  concord concurrence conformity conflict disagreement discord kwam-sa-mak-ke

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HARMONY

n.[L. harmonia; Gr. a setting together, a closure or seam, agreement, concert, to fit or adapt, to square. ] 1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or composition of things, intended to form a connected whole; as the harmony of the universe.
Equality and correspondence are the causes of harmony.
All discord, harmony not understood.
2. Just proportion of sound; consonance; musical concord; the accordance of two or more intervals or sounds, or that union of different sounds which pleases the ear; or a succession of such sounds, called chords.
Ten thousand harps that tuned Angelic harmonies.
3. Concord; agreement; accordance in facts; as the harmony of the gospels.
4. Concord or agreement in views, sentiments or manners, interests, etc. , good correspondence; peace and friendship.
The citizens live in harmony.
5. Natural harmony, in music, consists of the harmonic triad or common chord. Artificial harmony, is a mixture of concords and discords. Figured harmony, is when one or more of the parts move, during the continuance of a chord, through certain notes which do not form any of the constituent parts of that chord.
6. Perfect harmony implies the use of untempered concords only. Tempered harmony is when the notes are varied by temperament. [See Temperament. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HARMONY

Har "mo *ny, n.; pl. Harmonies. Etym: [ F.harmonic, L. harmonia, Gr. Article. ]

 

1. 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.

 

2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc. ; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.

 

3. 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.

 

4. (Mus. ) (a ) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. (b ) The science which treats of their construction and progression. Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. Milton.

 

5. (Anat. )

 

Defn: See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc. -- Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music.

 

Syn. -- Harmony, Melody. Harmony results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds,as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

harmony

har mo ny |ˈhärmənē ˈhɑrməni | ▶noun ( pl. harmonies ) 1 the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect: four-part harmony in the barbershop style | the note played on the fourth beat anticipates the harmony of the following bar. • the quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole: delightful cities where old and new blend in harmony. • an arrangement of the four Gospels, or of any parallel narratives, that presents a single continuous narrative text. 2 agreement or concord: man and machine in perfect harmony. PHRASES harmony of the spheres see sphere. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin harmonia ‘joining, concord, ’ from Greek, from harmos ‘joint. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

harmony

har |mony |ˈhɑːməni | ▶noun ( pl. harmonies ) 1 [ mass noun ] the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce a pleasing effect: the piece owes its air of tranquillity largely to the harmony | [ count noun ] : an exciting variety of improvised harmonies. • the quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole: delightful cities where old and new blend in harmony. • the state of being in agreement or concord: man and machine in perfect harmony. 2 an arrangement of the four Gospels, or of any parallel narratives, which presents a single continuous narrative text. PHRASES harmony of the spheres see sphere. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin harmonia ‘joining, concord ’, from Greek, from harmos ‘joint ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

harmony

harmony noun 1 musical harmony: euphony, polyphony; tunefulness, melodiousness, mellifluousness. ANTONYMS dissonance. 2 the harmony of the whole structure: balance, symmetry, congruity, consonance, coordination, compatibility. ANTONYMS incongruity. 3 the villagers live together in harmony: accord, agreement, peace, peacefulness, amity, amicability, friendship, fellowship, cooperation, understanding, consensus, unity, sympathy, rapport, like-mindedness; unison, union, concert, oneness, synthesis; formal concord. ANTONYMS disagreement.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

harmony

harmony noun 1 the quartet owes its air of tranquillity largely to the subtle harmony: euphony, polyphony, consonance; tunefulness, melodiousness, mellifluousness, mellifluence. ANTONYMS dissonance. 2 the simplicity of the individual parts focused attention on the harmony of the whole structure: balance, symmetry, congruity, consonance, coordination, blending, correspondence, compatibility. ANTONYMS incongruity. 3 the villagers live together in harmony | man and machine in perfect harmony: concord, accord, agreement, peace, peacefulness, amity, amicability, friendship, fellowship, comradeship, solidarity, cooperation, understanding, consensus, unity, sympathy, rapport, goodwill, like-mindedness; unison, union, concert, oneness, synthesis, concurrence. ANTONYMS disagreement.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

harmony

har mo ny /hɑ́ː r məni /〖語源は 「結合 」〗(形 )harmonious 名詞 複 -nies /-z /1 U (音 色などの )調和 , ハーモニー (!具体例ではa ～/-nies; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ▸ sing in harmony ハーモニーで歌う .2 U ｟かたく ｠ «…との /…の間の » (感情 意見などの )調和 , 一致 , 和合 «with /between » (↔disharmony ).3 U 協調 , 平和 .4 U (全体の中での )バランス , 心地よい調和 .5 C U 〘楽 〙和声 ; 和声法 ; 和声学 .6 〘聖書 〙U (福音書の )平行本文の対照照合 ; C 対観福音書 .in [out of ] h á rmony «…と » 調和して [しないで ]; 仲良く [悪く ] «with » ▸ His suggestions are in [out of ] harmony with the aims of the project .彼の提案は企画の目的と一致している [いない ]▸ live [work ] in (perfect ) harmony 仲良く一緒に暮らす [働く ].