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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 — ► 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
