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Harmonic

noun

A tone that is a component of a complex sound.

Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental.

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"Harmonic" Quotes from Famous Books

... the spheares To recreate a love-perplexed heart? The more it sounds, the more it refresheth. I see no instruments, nor hands that play; And my deare brothers, durst not be so bold. 'Tis some celestiall rapture of the minde, No earthlie harmonic is of this kinde. Now it doth ...

— A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV. • Editor: A.H. Bullen

... close in chords harmonic all the finely fretted dome, Blue, white, purple, gold, and crimson, fringe, melt, ripple ...

— Continental Monthly , Vol V. Issue III. March, 1864 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... out to make a telephone, Laurie," he answered. "What he was aiming to do was to perfect a harmonic telegraph, a scheme to which he had been devoting a good deal of his time. He and his father had studied carefully the miracle of speech—how the sounds of the human voice were produced and carried to others—and ...

— Ted and the Telephone • Sara Ware Bassett

... such an extent that one day, just after the machine had been wound up ready for action he got to sucking the end of it, and in a moment of inadvertence it slipped, and he swallowed it. The only immediate consequence of the accident was that a harmonic stomach-ache was organized upon the interior of Henry Chubb and he experienced a restlessness which he well knew would defy the soothing tendencies of peppermint and make ...

— Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers • Various

... of harmonies for these ancient tunes, he has wisely preferred, in general, the arrangements of the older masters. The critical musician will see, and will not complain, that the original modal structure of the melodies is sometimes affected by the harmonic treatment. ...

— The Hymns of Martin Luther • Martin Luther

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