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<h1>Harmonization</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har`mo*ni*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of harmonizing.</def>

<h1>Harmonize</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"mo*nize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Harmonized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Harmonizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>harmoniser</ets>. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; <as>as, the parts of a mechanism <ex>harmonize</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; <as>as, the tones <ex>harmonize</ex> perfectly</as>.</def>

<h1>Harmonize</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"mo*nize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent contradiction of.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.</def>

<h1>Harmonizer</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"mo*ni`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who harmonizes.</def>

<h1>Harmonometer</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har`mo*nom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ harmony + <ets>meter</ets>: cf. F. <ets>harmonometre</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges.</def>

<h1>Harmony</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"mo*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Harmonies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[ F.<ets>harmonic</ets>, L. <ets>harmonia</ets>, Gr. <?/ joint, proportion, concord, fr. <?/ a fitting or joining. See <er>Article</er>. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or 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>as, the <ex>harmony</ex> of the universe</as>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; <as>as, good citizens live in <ex>harmony</ex></as></def>.

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; <as>as, a <ex>harmony</ex> of the Gospels</as></def>.

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The science which treats of their construction and progression.</def>

<blockquote>Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic <b>harmonies</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Harmonic suture</cref>, under <er>Harmonic</er>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Close harmony</col>, <col>Dispersed harmony</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>Close</er>, <er>Dispersed</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Harmony of the spheres</col>. <cd>See <cref>Music of the spheres</cref>, under <er>Music</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Harmony</er>, <er>Melody</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Harmony</i> results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. <i>Melody</i> denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain.</usage>

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<h1>Harmost</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"most</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, fr. <?/ to join, arrange, command: cf. F. <ets>harmoste</ets>. See <er>Harmony</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.</def>

<h1>Harmotome</h1> <Xpage=672>

<hw>Har"mo*tome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a joint + <?/ to cut: cf. F. <ets>harmotome</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta, occurring usually in white cruciform crystals; cross-stone.</def>

<note>&hand; A related mineral, called <i>lime harmotome</i>, and <i>Phillipsite</i>, contains lime in place of baryta.</note>