Här'mo-ny, n.

noun

n. [Fr. harmonie, Pr., Sp., & It. armonia, Pg. & Lat. harmonia, Gr. ἀρμονία, joint, proportion, concord, from ἀρμόζειν, to fit together, from ἁρμός, a fitting or joining, from ἀ, for ἅμα, copul., and ἀρεῖν, to join, fit.]

The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things intended to form a connected whole; as, the harmony of the universe.
Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, &c.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
A literary work which brings together parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency;—said especially respecting the Gospels.
(Mus.) (a.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. (b.) The science which treats of their construction and progression.

Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. Milton. 5. (Med.) An immovable articulation in which the depressions and eminences presented by the bony surfaces are but slightly marked. Dunglison. Harmony of the spheres. See MUSIC. Syn.—HARMONY, MELODY. Harmony results from the concord of two or more musical strains which differ in pitch and quality: the term may also be applied to sounds which are not musical. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain. The harmony of things, As well as that of sounds, from discord springs. Denham.