Definitions for harmonic

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harmonic har·mon·ic

Spelling: [hahr-mon-ik]

IPA: /hɑrˈmɒn ɪk/

Harmonic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 385 anagrams from letters in harmonic (achimnor).

Definitions for harmonic

noun

1. Music. overtone (def 1).
2. Physics. a single oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency.

adjective

1. pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
2. marked by harmony; in harmony; concordant; consonant.
3. Physics. of, relating to, or noting a series of oscillations in which each oscillation has a frequency that is an integral multiple of the same basic frequency.
4. Mathematics. (of a set of values) related in a manner analogous to the frequencies of tones that are consonant. capable of being represented by sine and cosine functions. (of a function) satisfying the Laplace equation.

Origin of harmonic

1560-70; Latin harmonicus Greek harmonikós musical, suitable. See harmony, -ic

Examples for harmonic

This volume is an aid to the study of the “harmonic Series.”

The harmonic telegraph seemed as far away from completion as ever.

It will be found that only at certain places are harmonic notes possible.

It manages to develop a sort of harmonic haze that is very romantic.

Art has been defined as "the harmonic expression of the emotions."

His researches on the dynamo caused him to devise what he calls an 'harmonic engine.'

The law of harmonic sounds reappears in the harmonic colors.

To step inside Madison Square Garden was to grab hold of a lifeline to an alternate world of harmonic order and balance.

In it are the harmonic, melodic, and spiritual germs of modern music.

The musician causes it to resound because he contains a harmonic power.