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Harmonics
see synonyms of harmonicsNoun
1. harmonics
the study of musical sound
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Harmonics
see synonyms of harmonicsnoun
1. (functioning as singular)
the science of musical sounds and their acoustic properties
2. (functioning as plural)
the overtones of a fundamental note, as produced by lightly touching the string of a stringed instrument at one of its node points while playing
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Harmonics
see synonyms of harmonicsadj.
1.
a. Of or relating to harmony.
b. Pleasing to the ear: harmonic orchestral effects.
c. Characterized by harmony: a harmonic liturgical chant.
2. Of or relating to harmonics.
3. Integrated in nature.
n.
1.
a. Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental tone.
b. 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 Any of a series of periodic waves whose frequencies are integral multiples of a fundamental frequency.
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