An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; unanimity; accord. → concordance.
Music: A stable, harmonious combination of tones.

From O.Fr. concorde, from L. concordia "agreement, union," from concors (gen. concordis) "of the same mind," literally "of the same heart, hearts together," from → com- "together" + cor "heart;" cf. Pers. del "heart;" Av. zərəd-; Skt. hrd-; Gk. kardia; Arm. sirt; P.Gmc. *khertan- (O.E. heorte, E. heart, Ger. Herz, Bret. kreiz "middle"); PIE base *kerd- "heart".

Hamsâzi, from ham-, → com-, + sâz "(musical) instrument; apparatus; harness; furniture," from sâzidan, sâxtan "to build, make, fashion; to adapt, adjust, be fit" (from Mid.Pers. sâxtan, sâz- "to prepare, to form;" Av. sak- "to understand, to mark," sâcaya- (causative) "to teach") + -i suffix that forms nouns from adjectives.

The currently most commonly used cosmological model that describes the Universe as a flat infinite space in eternal expansion, accelerated under the effect of a repulsive → dark energy. The Universe is 13.7 billion years old and made up of 4% baryonic matter, 23% dark matter and 73% dark energy; the Hubble constant is 71 km/s/Mpc and the density of the Universe is very close to the critical value for re-collapse. These values were derived from → WMAP satellite observations of the → cosmic microwave background radiation.

M.E. concordaunce, from O.Fr. concordance, from L. concordantia, from → concord + -ance a suffix used to form nouns either from adjectives in -ant or from verbs.

Hamsâzgâni, from hamsâz, → concord, + -gân relation and multiplicity suffix + -i suffix that forms noun from adjectives.