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harmonically
Variant of harmonic
harmonic
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har·monic (här män′ik)
adjective
- harmonious in feeling or effect; agreeing
- Math. designating or of a harmonic progression
- Music
- of or pertaining to harmony rather than to melody or rhythm
- of or pertaining to a harmonic
Etymology: L harmonicus < Gr harmonikos < harmonia, harmony
noun
- an alternating-current voltage or current or a component of such voltage or current, whose frequency is some integral multiple of a fundamental frequency
- any of the pure tones making up a composite tone, including the fundamental and its upper partials or overtones; partial tone
Related Forms:
- harmonically har·mon′i·cally adverb
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