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o⋅ver⋅tone

  [oh-ver-tohn]
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–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.
Origin:
1865–70; trans. of G Oberton. See over-, tone

Synonyms:
2. insinuation, suggestion, intimation, hint.
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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.
o·ver·tone   (ō'vər-tōn')   
n.  

  1. An ulterior, usually implicit meaning or quality; an implication or a hint. Often used in the plural: an overtone of anger barely masked; praise with overtones of envy.

  2. See harmonic.

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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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: over·tone
Pronunciation: 'O-v&r-"tOn
Function: noun
: one of the higher tones produced simultaneously with the fundamental and thatwith the fundamental comprise a complex musical tone
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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overtone   (ō'vər-tōn')  Pronunciation Key 
See under harmonic.
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