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harmonique — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • harmonic adj Relating to harmony; pleasant and well-balanced in sound.
  • overtone noun A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series.

Senses

harmonique is used for these senses in English:

  • overtone (physics, music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series. [from 1867]

harmonic — full definition

  1. adj Relating to harmony; pleasant and well-balanced in sound.
  2. noun In physics and music, a frequency that is a whole-number multiple of a base ("fundamental") frequency.

overtone — full definition

  1. noun A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series.
  2. noun An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion, or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message.
  3. noun An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion, or similar) perceived subtly alongside, but not overwhelming, the explicit message.

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