Unison /(?; 277)/
U·ni·son
Unison
n.
- Harmony; agreement; concord; union.
- Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves. (Mus.)
- A single, unvaried. [R.]
Phrases & Compounds
- In unison
- in agreement; agreeing in tone; in concord.
Unison
a.
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Sounding alone. [Obs.]
[sounds] intermixed with voice, Choral or unison.
- Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound. (Mus.)