Harmony

n.	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.	(Mus.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. - Milton.
	5.	(Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Close harmony etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc. Harmony of the spheres See Music of the spheres, under Music.

Noun	1.	harmony - compatibility in opinion and action Synonyms: harmoniousness
	2.	harmony - the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords Synonyms: musical harmony
	3.	harmony - a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole Synonyms: concordance, concord
	4.	harmony - agreement of opinions Synonyms: concordance, concord
	5.	harmony - an agreeable sound property Antonyms: dissonance - disagreeable sounds

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