Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Harmony

Harmony (har"mo*ny) , noun

[French harmonie, Latin harmonia, Greek "armoni`a joint, proportion, concord, from "armo`s a fitting or joining. See Article.]

1.
The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in 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.
2.
Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
3.
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.
4.
(a) (Music) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
(b)
(Music) The science which treats of their construction and progression.
Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. — Milton
5.
(Anatomy) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
Collocations (2)
Close harmony or Dispersed harmony , etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc.
Harmony of the spheres , See Music of the spheres, under Music.