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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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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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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