DISSONANCE

, or Discord, is a false consonance or concord; being produced by the mixture or meeting of two sounds which are disagreeable to the ear.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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DISPART
DISPERSION
DISSIPATION
DISSOLVENT
DISSOLUTION
* DISSONANCE
DISTANCE
DITCH
DITONE
DITTON (Humphrey)
DIVIDEND