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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.
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is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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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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overtone  (ō'vər-tōn') Pronunciation Key
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