Harmonic (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
  2. marked by harmony; in harmony; concordant; consonant.
  3. of, relating 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.
    • (of a set of values) related in a manner analogous to the frequencies of tones that are consonant.
    • capable of being represented by sine and cosine functions.
    • (of a function) satisfying the Laplace equation.
noun
  1. overtone (def. 1).
  2. a single oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency.
adjective
  1. of, involving, producing, or characterized by harmony; harmonious
  2. of, relating to, or belonging to harmony
  3. maths
    • capable of expression in the form of sine and cosine functions
    • of or relating to numbers whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression
  4. of or concerned with an oscillation that has a frequency that is an integral multiple of a fundamental frequency
  5. of or concerned with harmonics
noun
  1. a component of a periodic quantity, such as a musical tone, with a frequency that is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency. The first harmonic is the fundamental, the second harmonic (twice the fundamental frequency) is the first overtone, the third harmonic (three times the fundamental frequency) is the second overtone, etc
  2. (not in technical use) overtone: in this case, the first overtone is the first harmonic, etc
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