Harmonic+-+Definition

Definitions of //**harmonic**// //Noun// Periodic motion whose frequency is a whole-number multiple of some fundamental frequency. The motion of objects or substances that vibrate or oscillate in a regular fashion, such as the strings of musical instruments, can be analyzed as a combination of a fundamental frequency and higher harmonics. //Adjective// Related to or having the properties of such periodic motion.

a. capable of expression in the form of sine and cosine functions b. [|of or relating to numbers whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression] Harmonics above the first harmonic (the fundamental frequency) in sound waves are called **overtones**. ||
 * 3.** (Mathematics) //Math//
 * 4.** (Physics / General Physics) //Physics// of or concerned with an oscillation that has a frequency that is an integral multiple of a fundamental frequency
 * 5.** (Physics / General Physics) //Physics// of or concerned with harmonics
 * [[image:blank15.png]] || The first overtone is the second harmonic, the second overtone is the third harmonic, and so on.


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