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har⋅mon⋅ic

  [hahr-mon-ik]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
2. marked by harmony; in harmony; concordant; consonant.
3. Physics. of, pertaining to, or noting a series of oscillations in which each oscillation has a frequency that is an integral multiple of the same basic frequency.
4. Mathematics.
a. (of a set of values) related in a manner analogous to the frequencies of tones that are consonant.
b. capable of being represented by sine and cosine functions.
c. (of a function) satisfying the Laplace equation.
–noun
5. Music. overtone (def. 1).
6. Physics. a single oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency.
Origin:
1560–70; < L harmonicus < Gk harmonikós musical, suitable. See harmony, -ic

Related forms:
har⋅mon⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
har⋅mon⋅i⋅cal⋅ness, noun
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har·mon·ic   (här-mŏn'ĭk)   
adj.  

    1. Of or relating to harmony.

    2. Pleasing to the ear: harmonic orchestral effects.

    3. Characterized by harmony: a harmonic liturgical chant.

  2. Of or relating to harmonics.

  3. Integrated in nature.

n.  

    1. Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental tone.

    2. A tone produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching an open or stopped vibrating string at a given fraction of its length so that both segments vibrate. Also called overtone, partial, partial tone.

  2. harmonics (used with a sing. verb) The theory or study of the physical properties and characteristics of musical sound.

  3. Physics A wave whose frequency is a whole-number multiple of that of another.


[Latin harmonicus, from Greek harmonikos, from harmoniā, harmony; see harmony.]
har·mon'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

harmonic 
1531 (implied in harmonical), from L. harmonicus, from Gk. harmonikos "harmonic, musical," from harmonia (see harmony). First record of verb harmonize is from 1483.
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harmonic   (här-mŏn'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 


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Noun   Periodic motion whose frequency is a whole-number multiple of some fundamental frequency. The motion of objects or substances that vibrate or oscillate in a regular fashion, such as the strings of musical instruments, can be analyzed as a combination of a fundamental frequency and higher harmonics. ◇ Harmonics above the first harmonic (the fundamental frequency) in sound waves are called overtones. The first overtone is the second harmonic, the second overtone is the third harmonic, and so on.

Adjective   Related to or having the properties of such periodic motion.
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