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Harmonic — Har*mon ic (h[aum]r*m[o^]n [i^]k), Harmonical Har*mon ic*al ( [i^]*kal), a. [L. harmonicus, Gr. armoniko s; cf. F. harmonique. See {Harmony}.] 1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. [1913 Webster] Harmonic twang! of leather, horn … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harmonic — [här män′ik] adj. [L harmonicus < Gr harmonikos < harmonia, HARMONY] 1. harmonious in feeling or effect; agreeing 2. Math. designating or of a harmonic progression 3. Music a) of or pertaining to harmony rather than to melody or rhythm b) … English World dictionary
harmonic — 1560s, relating to music; earlier (c.1500) armonical tuneful, harmonious, from L. harmonicus, from Gk. harmonikos harmonic, musical, skilled in music, from harmonia (see HARMONY (Cf. harmony)). Meaning relating to harmony is from 1660s. The noun … Etymology dictionary
harmonic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or characterized by harmony. 2) Music relating to or denoting a harmonic or harmonics. ► NOUN Music ▪ an overtone accompanying a fundamental tone at a fixed interval, produced by vibration of a string, column of air,… … English terms dictionary
Harmonic — Har*mon ic (h[aum]r*m[o^]n [i^]k), n. (Mus.) A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See {Harmonics}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
harmonic — англ. [хамо/ник] harmonique фр. [армони/к] harmonisch нем. [хармо/ниш] гармонический, гармоничный ◊ harmonie tone англ. [хамо/ник то/ун] обертон, флажолет … Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов
Harmonic — This article is about the components of periodic signals. For other uses, see Harmonic (disambiguation). The nodes of a vibrating string are harmonics. A harmonic of a wave is a component frequency of the signal that is an integer multiple of the … Wikipedia
harmonic — [hα: mɒnɪk] adjective 1》 relating to or characterized by harmony: a four chord harmonic sequence. 2》 Music relating to or denoting a harmonic or harmonics. 3》 Mathematics relating to a harmonic progression. ↘Physics of or denoting components… … English new terms dictionary
harmonic — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or characterized by harmony; harmonious. 2 Mus. a of or relating to harmony. b (of a tone) produced by vibration of a string etc. in an exact fraction of its length. 3 Math. of or relating to quantities whose reciprocals are… … Useful english dictionary
harmonic — [[t]hɑː(r)mɒ̱nɪk[/t]] harmonics 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Harmonic means composed, played, or sung using two or more notes which sound right and pleasing together. I had been looking for ways to combine harmonic and rhythmic structures. 2) N COUNT: usu… … English dictionary
harmonic — A vibration whose frequency is an even multiple of another vibration or fundamental frequency. The first harmonic of a 200 Hz vibration has a frequency of 200 Hz. This is also its fundamental frequency. The second harmonic will have a frequency… … Aviation dictionary
