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Definition of Harmonic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm. "Subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"
2. Noun. A tone that is a component of a complex sound.
Specialized synonyms: First Harmonic, Fundamental, Fundamental Frequency, Overtone, Partial, Partial Tone
3. Adjective. Of or relating to harmonics.
4. Noun. Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental.
5. Adjective. 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"
6. Adjective. Relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body. "Sympathetic vibration"
7. Adjective. Involving or characterized by harmony.
Similar to: Harmonious
Derivative terms: Consonance, Harmony, Harmony, Harmony, Harmony, Harmony, Harmony
Definition of Harmonic
1. a. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds.
2. n. A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics.
Definition of Harmonic
1. Adjective. pertaining to harmony ¹
2. Adjective. pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious ¹
3. Adjective. (mathematics) attribute of many mathematical entities that only in few cases are obviously related ¹
4. Noun. (physics) a component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harmonic
1. an overtone [n -S] - See also: overtone
Medical Definition of Harmonic
1. A component of complex sound whose frequency is a multiple of the fundamental frequency of the sound. This fundamental frequency is called the first harmonic; the second harmonic has twice the frequency of the fundamental, and so forth. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harmonic
Literary usage of Harmonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"The surface integral of the square of the zonal harmonic, or - 2*0* Pm(r))*dp
... If we consider a zonal harmonic simply as a function of ^, and without any ..."
2. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1910)
"In every case it is assumed that the impressed emf is balanced, symmetrical,
sinusoidal and 3 phase; also that a third and a fifth harmonic exciting current ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1866)
"Hence, since the reciprocals of quantities in harmonic progression form an
arithmetic series, the harmonic mean is the reciprocal of one half the sum of the ..."
4. Non-Newtonian Calculus by Michael Grossman, Robert Katz (1972)
"Chapter 8 THE harmonic FAMILY OF CALCULI 8.1 THE harmonic ARITHMETIC In this ...
harmonic arithmetic is the arithmetic generated by the function that ..."
5. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1910)
"harmonic transformations. The definition of harmonic involutions in the section
... Two distinct transformations A and B are said to be harmonic if they ..."
6. Algebra: An Elementary Text Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1886)
"If a, b, c be in HP, b is called the harmonic mean between a and c. We have, by
definition, ... are said to be n harmonic means inserted between a and c. ..."
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