harmonic

  • 1Harmonic — Har*mon ic (h[aum]r*m[o^]n [i^]k), Harmonical Har*mon ic*al ( [i^]*kal), a. [L. harmonicus, Gr. armoniko s; cf. F. harmonique. See {Harmony}.] 1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. [1913 Webster] Harmonic twang! of leather, horn …

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  • 2harmonic — [här män′ik] adj. [L harmonicus < Gr harmonikos < harmonia, HARMONY] 1. harmonious in feeling or effect; agreeing 2. Math. designating or of a harmonic progression 3. Music a) of or pertaining to harmony rather than to melody or rhythm b) …

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  • 3harmonic — 1560s, relating to music; earlier (c.1500) armonical tuneful, harmonious, from L. harmonicus, from Gk. harmonikos harmonic, musical, skilled in music, from harmonia (see HARMONY (Cf. harmony)). Meaning relating to harmony is from 1660s. The noun …

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  • 4harmonic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or characterized by harmony. 2) Music relating to or denoting a harmonic or harmonics. ► NOUN Music ▪ an overtone accompanying a fundamental tone at a fixed interval, produced by vibration of a string, column of air,… …

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  • 5Harmonic — Har*mon ic (h[aum]r*m[o^]n [i^]k), 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}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6harmonic — англ. [хамо/ник] harmonique фр. [армони/к] harmonisch нем. [хармо/ниш] гармонический, гармоничный ◊ harmonie tone англ. [хамо/ник то/ун] обертон, флажолет …

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  • 7Harmonic — This article is about the components of periodic signals. For other uses, see Harmonic (disambiguation). The nodes of a vibrating string are harmonics. A harmonic of a wave is a component frequency of the signal that is an integer multiple of the …

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  • 8harmonic — [hα: mɒnɪk] adjective 1》 relating to or characterized by harmony: a four chord harmonic sequence. 2》 Music relating to or denoting a harmonic or harmonics. 3》 Mathematics relating to a harmonic progression.     ↘Physics of or denoting components… …

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  • 9harmonic — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or characterized by harmony; harmonious. 2 Mus. a of or relating to harmony. b (of a tone) produced by vibration of a string etc. in an exact fraction of its length. 3 Math. of or relating to quantities whose reciprocals are… …

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  • 10harmonic — [[t]hɑː(r)mɒ̱nɪk[/t]] harmonics 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Harmonic means composed, played, or sung using two or more notes which sound right and pleasing together. I had been looking for ways to combine harmonic and rhythmic structures. 2) N COUNT: usu… …

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