consonance
nounEtymology
From Middle English consonance, from Middle French consonance, from Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonancy. By surface analysis, con- + son- + -ance.
- derived from cōnsonantia
- derived from consonance
- inherited from consonance
Definitions
A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
Harmony
Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.
- Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own.
The neighborhood
- antonymdissonance
- antonymdiscordance
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at consonance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at consonance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at consonance
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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