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Definition of Harmonical

1. Adjective. Involving or characterized by harmony.

Definition of Harmonical

1. Adjective. (alternative form of harmonic) ¹

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Medical Definition of Harmonical

1. 1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. "Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass." (Pope) 2. Relating to harmony, as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; especially, relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body. Harmonic interval, the distance between two notes of a chord, or two consonant notes. 3. Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. Motions, and the like. Harmonical mean, the chord of a note with its third and fifth; the common chord. See: harmony. Origin: L. Harmonicus, Gr.; cf. F. Harmonique. (06 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Harmonical

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1. A College Algebra by Henry Burchard Fine (1904)
"To find any particular term of an harmonical progression, we obtain the term which ... 707 Harmonical means. If three numbers are in harmonical progression, ..."

2. College Algebra by Henry Lewis Rietz, Arthur Robert Crathorne (1919)
"Harmonical progressions. Three or more numbers are said to form a ... The term " harmonical " as here used comes from a property of musical sounds. ..."

3. Elements of Algebra by George Albert Wentworth (1897)
"A series is called a Harmonical Series, or a Harmonical Progression, ... Questions relating to harmonical series should be solved by writing the reciprocals ..."

4. A Treatise on Algebra by Elias Loomis (1855)
"Three quantities are said to be in harmonical proportion when the first is to the third as the difference between tht first and second is to the difference ..."

5. College Algebra by Webster Wells (1890)
"Harmonical PROGRESSION. 435. Quantities are said to be in Harmonical ... Any problem in harmonical progression, which is susceptible of solution, ..."

6. Algebra for the Use of Colleges and Schools: With Numerous Examples by Isaac Todhunter (1879)
"Any number of quantities are said to be in Harmonical Progression when every three consecutive quantities are in Harmonical Progression. 475. ..."

7. Algebra for the Use of Colleges and Schools: With Numerous Examples by Isaac Todhunter (1879)
"The reciprocals of quantities in Harmonical Progression «re in Arithmetical Progression. Let a, b, c be in Harmonical Progression ; then a : c :: a — b : b ..."

8. Elementary Algebra by Charles Smith (1886)
"Harmonical PROGRESSION. 228. A SERIES of quantities is said to be in ... If a, b, с are in harmonical progression, we have by definition a -b : b — c : : a ..."

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