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harmonic
- /hɑːˈmɒnɪk/ UK
- /hɑɹˈmɑnɪk/ US
Rhymes with -ɒnɪk
Where it comes from
From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”). By surface analysis, harmony + -ic. Doublet of armónico.
adjective more harmonic · most harmonic · harmonick
- Pertaining to harmony.
- Pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious. harmonic twang of leather, horn, and brass.
- 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. A person is harmonic with respect to members of his own generation and with respect to members of all even-numbered generations counting away from his own (e.g., his grandparents' generation, his grandchildren's generation, etc.).
noun harmonics · harmonick
- 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. Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.
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Closest in meaning: harmonical, harmonized, harmonious, consonant, sympathetic, in harmony, tonal, overtone, smooth, melodious, symphonic, symphonious, euphonious, tuneful, balanced, melodic
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adj pertaining to harmony
| Español | armónico |
|---|---|
| Português | harmônico, harmónico |
| Français | harmonique |
| Deutsch | harmonisch |
| Italiano | armonico |
| Ελληνικά | αρμονικός armonikós |
| Русский | гармони́ческий garmoníčeskij |
adj pleasant to hear
| Español | armónico |
|---|---|
| Português | harmonioso |
| Français | harmonieux, harmonique, mélodieux, mélodique |
| Deutsch | harmonisch |
| Italiano | armonico |
| Ελληνικά | αρμονικός armonikós |
| Русский | гармони́чный garmoníčnyj |
adj mathematical attribute of mathematical entities
| Français | harmonique |
|---|---|
| Italiano | armonico |
| Ελληνικά | αρμονικός armonikós |
noun a component frequency of the signal of a wave — see also overtone
| Русский | гармо́ника garmónika |
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