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dissonance (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: dissonare, from sonare 'to sound']
[U and C] technical a combination of notes that sound strange because they are not in harmony
-opposite consonance consonance
[U] formal lack of agreement
-- dissonant adj