adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to harmony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
harmonic
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɑːˈmɒnɪk/
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General-American: /hɑɹˈmɑnɪk/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA0 R M AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
- The harmonic polar line of an inflection point of a cubic curve is the component of the polar conic other than the tangent line.
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adj
Meaning 4
Recurring periodically.
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adj
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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adj
Meaning 6
Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Australianist linguistics
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noun
Meaning 7
A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 8
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 9
One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
One's child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: CB radio slang
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adjective
Meaning 11
of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm- Ralph Hill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- subtleties of harmonic change and tonality
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Antonyms: nonharmonic
adjective
Meaning 12
of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response
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adjective
Meaning 13
of or relating to harmonics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 14
involving or characterized by harmony
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: consonant, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised
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adjective satellite
Meaning 15
relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sympathetic vibration
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Synonyms: sympathetic
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noun
Meaning 16
any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: timbre, timber, quality, tone
noun
Meaning 17
a tone that is a component of a complex sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tone, pure tone
Narrower terms: fundamental, fundamental frequency, first harmonic, overtone, partial, partial tone
History
Etymology
From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”). By surface analysis, harmony + -ic. Doublet of armónico.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: хармоничен (harmoničen) — pertaining to harmony
- Catalan: harmònic — pertaining to harmony
- Czech: harmonický — pertaining to harmony
- Dutch: harmonisch — pertaining to harmony
- Finnish: harmoninen — pertaining to harmony
- French: harmonique — pertaining to harmony
- Galician: harmónico — pertaining to harmony
- German: harmonisch — pertaining to harmony
- Greek: αρμονικός (armonikós) — pertaining to harmony
- Ancient Greek: ἁρμονικός (harmonikós) — pertaining to harmony
- Irish: armónach — pertaining to harmony
- Italian: armonico — pertaining to harmony
- Kazakh: гармоникалық (garmonikalyq) — pertaining to harmony
- Kazakh: үйлесімді (üilesımdı) — pertaining to harmony
- Portuguese: harmônico — pertaining to harmony
- Portuguese: harmónico — pertaining to harmony
- Russian: гармони́ческий (garmoníčeskij) — pertaining to harmony
- Spanish: armónico — pertaining to harmony
- Swedish: harmonisk — pertaining to harmony
- Turkish: armonik — pertaining to harmony
- Welsh: harmonig — pertaining to harmony
- Bulgarian: хармоничен (harmoničen) — pleasant to hear
- Bulgarian: мелодичен (melodičen) — pleasant to hear
- Czech: harmonický — pleasant to hear
- Czech: melodický — pleasant to hear
- Czech: libozvučný — pleasant to hear
- Dutch: harmonisch — pleasant to hear
- Finnish: harmoninen — pleasant to hear
- French: harmonieux — pleasant to hear
- French: harmonique — pleasant to hear
- French: mélodieux — pleasant to hear
- French: mélodique — pleasant to hear
- German: harmonisch — pleasant to hear
- Greek: αρμονικός (armonikós) — pleasant to hear
- Ancient Greek: ἁρμονικός (harmonikós) — pleasant to hear
- Italian: armonico — pleasant to hear
- Kazakh: үйлесімді (üilesımdı) — pleasant to hear
- Portuguese: harmonioso — pleasant to hear
- Russian: гармони́чный (garmoníčnyj) — pleasant to hear
- Spanish: armónico — pleasant to hear
- Swedish: harmonisk — pleasant to hear
- Czech: harmonický — mathematical attribute of mathematical entities
- Finnish: harmoninen — mathematical attribute of mathematical entities
- French: harmonique — mathematical attribute of mathematical entities
- Greek: αρμονικός (armonikós) — mathematical attribute of mathematical entities
- Italian: armonico — mathematical attribute of mathematical entities
- Hungarian: magánhangzó-harmónia terén illeszkedő — phonology: exhibiting or applying vowel constraints in a word
- Bulgarian: хармонична (harmonična) — a component frequency of the signal of a wave — see also overtone
- Czech: harmonická — a component frequency of the signal of a wave — see also overtone
- Dutch: harmonische — a component frequency of the signal of a wave — see also overtone
- Māori: hawarite — a component frequency of the signal of a wave — see also overtone
- Russian: гармо́ника (garmónika) — a component frequency of the signal of a wave — see also overtone
- Thai: ฮาร์มอนิก — a component frequency of the signal of a wave — see also overtone
- Thai: ทวีคูณความถี่ — a component frequency of the signal of a wave — see also overtone