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noun Mathematics.

the calculation of Fourier series and their generalization.

the study of Fourier series and their generalization.

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Also called Fourier analysis.

Origin of harmonic analysis

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby harmonic analysis

harmless, harmolodics, Harmonia, harmonic, harmonica, harmonic analysis, harmonic conjugates, harmonic distortion, harmonic interval, harmonic mean, harmonic minor scale

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How to use harmonic analysis in a sentence

Page disrupts the pattern in the second bar, moving up to the ninth, and fleshes out the figure with more harmonic support.
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“We were about exploration, adventure—harmonic and rhythmic and melodic and more,” Weir says.
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To step inside Madison Square Garden was to grab hold of a lifeline to an alternate world of harmonic order and balance.
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Analysis of the 2014 vote showed that Democrats had been hurt by an abrupt drop in Latino turnout.
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Once successfully in, I can see my Hash 160 and Taint Analysis, among other things.
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Analysis and practice in preparation are the steps over which we must climb to the platform of power.
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Recollective Analysis, or Analysis for the purpose of helping to learn by heart, is not an originating or manufacturing process.
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It is either thoughtless repetition, or thoughtful Analysis that he must use.
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At all events, let him if possible learn each of the three Groups by his own Analysis, looking at my work afterwards.
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Now the practice of Interrogative Analysis compels such persons to interrogate—to propose questions—to think.
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British Dictionary definitions for harmonic analysis

harmonic analysis

noun

the representation of a periodic function by means of the summation and integration of simple trigonometric functions

the study of this means of representation

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Scientific definitions for harmonic analysis

harmonic analysis

The study of functions given by a Fourier series or analogous representations, such as periodic functions and functions on topological groups.