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Harmonics

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Noun

1. harmonics

the study of musical sound

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Harmonics

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noun
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
harmonic (sense 6)

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Harmonics

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adj.
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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