Unison

Quick meaning: Unison is a noun meaning (music, acoustics) A sound or note having the same pitch as another, especially when used as the base note for an interval; a unison string.

Meaning

(music, acoustics) A sound or note having the same pitch as another, especially when used as the base note for an interval; a unison string.

More Meanings

1. The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation.
2. (by extension) Two or more voices speaking or singing the same words together.
3. (music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves).

Example Sentences

The unison has a pitch ratio of 1:1.

Everyone moved in unison, but the sudden change in weight distribution capsized the boat.

The young principal timpanist, Timothy Genis, was superb throughout, though his sidekick timpanist sometimes lagged in the final unisons.

I could not behold him without emotion; when he accosted me, his well-known voice made my heart vibrate, like a musical chord, when its unison is struck.

Word Forms

• unisons

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Related dictionary entries include consensus, joint, common, concert, conjunction, unity.

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