false relation

British  

noun

1. Also called (esp US): cross relation.  music a harmonic clash that occurs when a note in one part sounds simultaneously with or immediately before or after its chromatically altered (sharpened or flattened) equivalent appearing in another part

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Example Sentences

It made all our explanations seem childish and untrue; the false relation was instantly exposed.

From Three More John Silence Stories by Blackwood, Algernon

I cannot imagine how this false relation could have been dissolved more tenderly, more delicately, or more nobly.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Moreover," he continued, after a moment's thought, "you are drifting into a false relation with Arnault, although you may not be conscious of it.

From A Young Girl's Wooing by Roe, Edward Payson

Does this not strike you as a good case of false relation?

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

It has put us in a false relation which was exasperating me and puzzling you.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir