HARMONY

n. Ha2r'mo-ni2. Gr., ap/iovta (from apeiv, to join, to fit together, or from the intermediate noun, dp^d?, a fitting or joining, a joint, or, according to Littr6, an a emblage). Lat., harm on i a, arm us, harm us, compages o ium per line am simplicem, sutura o ium spuria. Fr., harmonic. Ger., Harmonic. It., armonia. Sp.,armonia. 1. False (or superficial) suture, suture by h.; that variety of articulation by false suture in which the elevations and depre ions on the opposed surfaces are scarcely perceptible, so that the bones seem to lie in simple contact, as in the articulation of the two superior maxillary bones. [A, 300, 311.] 2. The concordance of two or more musical tones; also the science which treats of musical concords. [B.] [s. 287]