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Definition of Overtone

1. Noun. (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality. "Overtones of despair"

2. Noun. A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency.

Definition of Overtone

1. n. One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.

Definition of Overtone

1. Noun. (context: physics music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a harmonic ¹

2. Noun. An implicit meaning, as opposed to a hidden meaning or undertone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overtone

1. a higher partial tone [n -S]

Medical Definition of Overtone

1. Any of the tones, other than the lowest or fundamental tone, of which a sound is composed. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtone

overtiredness overtires overtiring overtitle overtitled overtitles overtitling overtly overtness overtnesses

overtoil overtoiled overtoiling overtoils overtolerance overtone (current term) overtones overtook overtop overtopped

overtopping overtops overtout overtouted overtouting overtouts overtower overtowered overtowering overtowers

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