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harmonic

/hɑː(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/

noun

Meaning

  • A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.

  • The place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present.

  • One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction.

  • One's child.

adjective

Meaning

  • Pertaining to harmony

  • Pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious

  • Used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance

    "The harmonic polar line of an inflection point of a cubic curve is the component of the polar conic other than the tangent line."

  • Recurring periodically

  • Exhibiting or applying constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word.

  • Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person.