About The Word Harmonic
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Harmonic
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What's The Definition Of Harmonic?
[n] a tone that is a component of a complex sound
[adj] involving or characterized by harmony [adj] relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration" [adj] of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm; "subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"- Ralph Hill [adj] of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds; "the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response" Synonyms | Synonyms for Harmonic: consonant | harmonical | harmonious | harmonised | harmonized | in harmony | sympathetic Related Terms | Find terms related to Harmonic: accordant | according | AF | assonant | assonantal | attuned | audio frequency | blended | blending | chiming | concordant | consonant | flageolet tone | fluctuant | fluctuating | fluctuational | frequency | fundamental | fundamental tone | harmonic tone | harmonious | harmonizing | homophonic | in accord | in chorus | in concert | in concord | in sync | in tune | in unison | intonation | libratory | monodic | monophonic | monotone | monotony | musical | nutational | oscillating | oscillatory | overtone | partial | partial tone | pendular | pendulous | periodic | pitch | resonant | symphonic | symphonious | synchronized | synchronous | tone | tonelessness | tuned | unisonant | unisonous | vacillating | vacillatory | vibratile | vibrating | vibratory | wavering See Also | first harmonic | fundamental | fundamental frequency | overtone | pure tone | tone Harmonic In Webster's Dictionary \Har*mon"ic\, Harmonical \Har*mon"ic*al\, a. [L.
harmonicus, Gr. ?; cf. F. harmonique. See {Harmony}.]
1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.
Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. --Pope.
2. (Mus.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to
melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds
or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent
single tone of any string or sonorous body.
3. (Math.) Having relations or properties bearing some
resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of
certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines.
motions, and the like.
{Harmonic interval} (Mus.), the distance between two notes of
a chord, or two consonant notes.
{Harmonical mean} (Arith. & Alg.), certain relations of
numbers and quantities, which bear an analogy to musical
consonances.
{Harmonic motion},
\Har*mon"ic\, n. (Mus.) A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See {Harmonics}. |
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