overtone
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vərˌtoʊn noun
1.
Music. an acoustical frequency that is higher in frequency than the fundamental.
2.
an additional, usually subsidiary and implicit meaning or quality: an aesthetic theory with definite political overtones.
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| —n | |
| 1. | (often plural) additional meaning or nuance: overtones of despair |
| 2. | music, acoustics harmonic See also partial any of the tones, with the exception of the fundamental, that constitute a musical sound and contribute to its quality, each having a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency |
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Word Origin & History
overtone
1867, in literal sense, from over + tone; a loan-translation of Ger. Oberton, first used by Ger. physicist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-94) as a contraction of Overpartialton "upper partial tone." Fig. sense of "subtle implication" is from 1890, first attested in writings of William James.
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See under harmonic. |
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Example sentences
And he has drawn a symbolic parallel which has significant implication and overtone.
The soft pulp is juicy and sweet, although it can sometimes has an acid overtone.
There was an ugly overtone to the events today that was not present yesterday.
Harmonically, instruments are constrained by overtone reverberations and a fixed scale.
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