harmony Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun compatibility in opinion and action
harmoniousness.
noun the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
musical harmony.
noun a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
concordance; concord.
noun agreement of opinions
concordance; concord.
noun an agreeable sound property

F.harmonic, L. harmonia, Gr. joint, proportion, concord, fr. a fitting or joining. See Article.

plural Harmonies

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.
Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
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.
(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.
(Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. 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.