har|mon|ic

har|mon|ic
har|mon|ic «hahr MON ihk», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. Music. a) having to do with harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm. b) having to do with fainter and higher tones heard along with the main tones. c) musical. d) relating to harmonics on stringed instruments.
3. Physics. of or designating any of the frequencies making up a wave or alternating current, that are integral multiples of the fundamental frequency.
4. Mathematics. having relations similar in some way to those of musical concords: »

1, ½, 1/3, ¼, and so on, are in harmonic progression.

–n.
1. Music. a) a fainter and higher tone heard along with the main tone; overtone. b) a flutelike tone produced on a stringed instrument by pressing the string lightly at a nodal point; flageolet.
2. Physics. a harmonic frequency.
╂[< Latin harmonicus < Greek haronikós harmonic, musical < harmoníā; see etym. under harmony (Cf. ↑harmony)]

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