Word Finder - unison

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(acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves).

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The unison has a pitch ratio of 1:1.

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

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The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation.

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

They clapped in unison and congratulated her.

Both men said, in unison, "Friend?"

They turned in unison towards the speaker.

When two notes are not quite in unison the resulting sound is found to alternate between a maximum and minimum of loudness recurring periodically.

The girls called out to their father in unison.

In unison, we danced the night away.

The performers sang in unison so well that you couldn't even tell that there was more than one singer.

The brothers flopped down on the couch in unison.

In 1893 the United States government created a California Debris Commission, which has acted in unison with the state authorities.

Adjust the length of the plumb-line until it and the body oscillate together in unison.

We answered in unison, and then laughed because our answers were so different.

If she flinched, they'd snap in unison.

They stood there, hearts even more accelerated, pounding in unison.

The two men raised their eyebrows in unison.

Using this result Rayleigh found the correction for an unflanged open end by sounding two pipes nearly in unison, each provided with a flange, and counting the beats.

I think there can be no doubt that in any great public, or popular, or national question and movement the mere fact of calling these people different nations would not make them so, nor would the fact of a mere fordable stream running between them sever their sympathies or prevent them from acting in unison....

Cynthia, Fred, and Dean with a cane nearby, rocked in unison, albeit bundled and mittened, but content to have Bird Song to themselves, at least until the weekend.

Bill and Katie were in deep conversation and sat down in unison, completely oblivious to what was going on around them.

In the turbulent middle section, the vocal lines, mostly in unison, descend and rise in increasing agitation.

Dealing with an emotionally distressed member can prove emotionally difficult for the UNISON representative.

However, UNISON maintains that NHS Scotland is too embroiled in ' partnership ' with private sector companies around key ICT Infrastructure Project.

The minimum wage had minimal impact on the pay of UNISON members.

Here, UNISON successfully overturned an injunction granted in an unusually trenchant judgment by a deputy High Court judge.

A classic of early minimalism, in Piano Phase (1967) the two pianists begin by repeating a rapid figure in unison.

But nationally UNISON has produced a statement which does not out-and-out oppose the war.

The original six stops show a marked preference for unison color, including three open metal stops at 8ft.

Government advertises for NHS privateers (30/6/06) UNISON calls for TUC meeting over ' breach of trust ' more.

The council have also begun the process of making the three UNISON branch officers compulsorily redundant, by putting them on the redeployment register.

They are tuned unison with the Principal, but are much softer.

The third section begins with an elaborate and varied duet before the full company returns for a section involving both unison and counterpoint.

From behind the tree line two big comets soared upwards - the 12 inch shells - exploding in perfect unison.

However, Unison has dropped plan for a judicial review of the sell-off decision after being advised the action had little chance of success.

It aims to have one such person in every workplace with UNISON members.

Gloria Mills of Unison stressed the importance of trade union support for members threatened with deportation.

The bi-directional tri-state latch 69 and tri-state buffer 57 are controlled to operate in unison by the bus control logic 49.

Unison 's general secretary, Dave Prentis, said the dispute was the biggest issue the union had faced for many years.

Unison 's head of local government Heather Wakefield said she believed he was taking an open-minded approach.

However, the first trombone is in unison with the clarinets and first trumpet in bar 54.

Watching dancers do solos and then seamlessly integrate back into a unison dance theme during the chorus of a song is part of the magic of line dance.

Let's face it; when the squad performs the latest move in unison at a game, the crowd loves it.

Crowds love it when the cheerleading squad does "tricks" in unison.

Unfortunately, the Toros cheerleaders respond quickly and in unison with an almost lewd cheer about pumping gas, and the other team is obviously outclassed.

While it was once a genre of music that was passed down orally and sung in unison, instruments were added in areas of the church.

Dion hit home in the United States in 1990 with Unison.

The album was highly praised and had numerous hits such as If There Was Any Other Way, The Last to Know, Unison and Where Does My Heart Beat Now.

They each went to their assigned wagon and lit a match, tossing it inside the wagon and moving away from the circle almost in unison.

All four women gasped in unison.

By the time children came along, they would be ready to focus on them in unison.

The Joruri is a dramatic ballad, sung or recited to the accompaniment of the samisen and in unison with the movements of puppets.

The vibrations of the larger mass are communicated to the thread, which by proper adjustment of its length and tension vibrates in unison and divides itself into one or more loops or ventral segments easily discernible by a spectator.