Definitions for harmonics
harmonics
har·mon·ics
Spelling: [hahr-mon-iks]
IPA: /hɑrˈmɒn ɪks/
Harmonics is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.
You can make 741 anagrams from letters in harmonics (achimnors).
Definitions for harmonics
noun
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(used with a singular verb) the science of musical sounds.
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(used with a plural verb) the partials or overtones of a fundamental tone.
Compare overtone (def 1).
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(used with a plural verb) the flageoletlike tones of a string, as a violin string, made to vibrate so as to bring out an overtone.
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Music. overtone (def 1).
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Physics. a single oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency.
adjective
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pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
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marked by harmony; in harmony; concordant; consonant.
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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.
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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 harmonics
First recorded in 1700-10; See origin at harmonic, -ics
Examples for harmonics
In the third there are double shakes in harmonics, which Guhr explains.
The second difficulty relates to Plato's conception of harmonics.
There are three variations, the second being almost throughout in harmonics, single and double, and excessively difficult.
Some musical instruments are richer in these harmonics than others.
These thin strings served another purpose—the easy production of harmonics.
This difference in the timbre is due to harmonics or overtones.
The same of music and other harmonics which may come to us through the sense of hearing.
The majority of students have trouble with their harmonics, because they do not practice them in this way.
The harmonic series consists of the harmonics from the 1st to the 8th.
Fiddle in harmonics as it may, it will have these gratifications at all costs.