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Definition of In unison
1. Adverb. Speaking or singing at the same time; simultaneously. "They responded in chorus to the teacher's questions"
2. Adverb. At the same pitch. "They sang in unison"
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Unison
Literary usage of In unison
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1899)
"Mutual Influence of Organ-Pipes nearly in unison. The easiest way of approaching
the consideration of this subject is to take the case of an open or stopped ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... whose singing need not, however, be confined to hymns in unison, and who also
may be allowed to perform occasionally more elaborate compositions in two ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... hautboy or oboe, trumpet, vox- humana (all in unison with the open diapason),
clarion (an octave above the diapason and in unison with principal). ..."
4. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent: Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1803)
"... Soft breathing from that sacred shrine, Where dwells a heart in unison with
mine, And in sweet interchange delight awhile to rest. cation of . ..."
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