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

But, as there is this true relation between money and "goods," or good things, so there is a false relation between money and "bads," or bad things.

From The Queen of the Air Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm by Ruskin, John

The false relation they bear to snails is the most extraordinary thing of the kind I have ever seen.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

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

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

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

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