harmonic
See also: harmònic
English
Alternative forms
- harmonick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmonie”).
Adjective
harmonic (comparative more harmonic, superlative most harmonic)
- pertaining to harmony
- pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious
- (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope
- harmonic twang of leather, horn, and brass.
- (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope
- (mathematics) 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
Derived terms
- harmonic addition theorem
- harmonic analysis
- harmonic brick
- harmonic conjugate
- harmonic conjugate function
- harmonic coordinates
- harmonic decomposition
- harmonic divisor number
- harmonic equation
- harmonic expansion
- harmonic form
- harmonic function
- harmonic-geometric mean
- harmonic homology
- harmonic logarithm
- harmonic map
- harmonic mean
- harmonic mean index
- harmonic number
- harmonic parameter
- harmonic progression
- harmonic quadrilateral
- harmonic range
- harmonic ratio
- harmonic segment
- harmonic series
- harmonic series of primes
- harmonic system of points
Translations
pertaining to harmony
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pleasant to hear
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mathematical attribute of mathematical entities
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Noun
harmonic (plural harmonics)
- (physics) a component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency
- (music) 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
Translations
a component frequency of the signal of a wave — See also translations at overtone
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