DISSONANCE
\dˈɪsənəns], \dˈɪsənəns], \d_ˈɪ_s_ə_n_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of DISSONANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
By Princeton University
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the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A disagreeable mingling of sounds.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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A discord; a compound tone produced by the simultaneous production of two discordant notes. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A mingling of discordant sounds; jargon;—want of agreement; incongruity.
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A mixture of harsh, unharmonious sounds.
By Thomas Sheridan
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