Unison

Definition of Unison

U´ni`son
n.1.Harmony; agreement; concord; union.
2.(Mus.) 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.
3.A single, unvaried.
In unison
in agreement; agreeing in tone; in concord.
a.1.Sounding alone.
[sounds] intermixed with voice,
Choral or unison.
- Milton.
2.(Mus.) Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound.

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