o·ver·tone
(ṓvər-tōń)
noun
- An ulterior, usually implicit meaning or quality; an implication or a hint. Often used in the plural: an overtone of anger barely masked; praise with overtones of envy.
- See harmonic
har·mon·ic
(här-mŏńĭk)
[Latin harmonicus, from Greek harmonikos, from harmoniā, harmony; see harmony.]
adjective
- Of or relating to harmony.
- Pleasing to the ear: harmonic orchestral effects.
- Characterized by harmony: a harmonic liturgical chant.
- Of or relating to harmonics.
- Integrated in nature.
noun
- Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental tone.
- A tone produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching an open or stopped vibrating string at a given fraction of its length so that both segments vibrate. Also called overtone, partial, partial tone
- The theory or study of the physical properties and characteristics of musical sound.
- Physics A wave whose frequency is a whole-number multiple of that of another.
derivatives
- har·mońi·cal·ly
- adverb
