harmonics

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the study of musical sounds, harmony, and their acoustic relationships

   The course approaches harmonics through both musical theory and physics.

2. 2
   noun

   tones whose frequencies are whole-number multiples of a fundamental frequency

   The violinist lightly touched the string to produce clear upper harmonics.

The plural or collective noun of harmonic, ultimately from Greek harmonikos ("harmonious, skilled in music"), from harmonia ("joining, agreement"). As a field name, harmonics denotes the science of musical sounds.

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