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    Harmonic

    Definitions

    1 | adjective | of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm 2 | adjective | of or relating to harmonics 3 | adjective | of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds 4 | adjective | relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body 5 | adjective | involving or characterized by harmony 6 | noun | a tone that is a component of a complex sound 7 | noun | any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental (7 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    horm'onik (IPA: hɒrmˈɒnɪk)

    Hyphenation

    har-mon-ic (8 letters | 3 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1531 (European Renaissance) (494 years ago)

    Word origins

    Latin | Modern Greek

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    harmonics

    Synonyms

    sympathetic | consonant | harmonical | harmonised | harmonized (total: 5)

    Antonym

    nonharmonic

    Narrower terms

    chord progression | harmonic progression | first harmonic | fundamental | fundamental frequency | overtone | partial | partial tone (total: 8)

    Broader terms

    pure tone | tone | quality | timber | timbre (total: 5)

    Rhymes

    allophonic | avionic | bubonic | catatonic | chronic | conic | demonic | diatonic | electronic | embryonic | hedonic | histrionic | hydroponic | hypersonic | hypertonic | ... (total: 39) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    harmonica

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    harmonic analysis | harmonic law | harmonic mean | harmonic motion | harmonic progression | simple harmonic motion (total: 6)

    Translations

    Japanese: | 倍音 (common noun)

    Other notable uses

    harmonic.com | harmonic.net | harmonic.info

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Consonant | Pleasing to the ear (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    15 (International English) | 15 (North American English)

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