anharmonic

American  

[an-hahr-mon-ik] / ˌæn hɑrˈmɒn ɪk /

adjective

Physics.

1. of or relating to an oscillating system that is not undergoing simple harmonic motion.

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anharmonic British  

/ ˌænhɑːˈmɒnɪk /

adjective

1. physics of or concerned with an oscillation whose frequency is not an integral factor or multiple of the base frequency

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Etymology

Origin of anharmonic

an- ¹ + harmonic; modeled on French anharmonique

Example Sentences

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The locus of points from which four points in a plane are seen along four rays of constant anharmonic ratio is a conic through the four points.

From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer

The author has never felt satisfied with the usual treatment of that subject by means of circles and anharmonic ratios.

From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer

For four harmonic points, therefore, the six values of the anharmonic ratio reduce to three, namely, 2, , and -1.

From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer

On any convenient line through A take two points B' and D' such that AB'/AD' is equal to the given anharmonic ratio.

From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer

To complete the theory of geometry as we have it to-day it only remained to free it from its dependence on the semimetrical basis of the anharmonic ratio.

From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Derrick Norman Lehmer