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electronics distortion caused by nonlinear characteristics of electronic apparatus, esp of audio amplifiers, that generate unwanted harmonics of the input frequencies

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Words nearby harmonic distortion

Harmonia, harmonic, harmonica, harmonic analysis, harmonic conjugates, harmonic distortion, harmonic interval, harmonic mean, harmonic minor scale, harmonic motion, harmonicon

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How to use harmonic distortion in a sentence

And yet, even while seldom leaving the capital, they offer a perspective on the city that tilts toward distortion.
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Second, however, dealing with TEKS at all means distortion, or worse.
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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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Otherwise the pipes will speak a harmonic instead of the sound intended—as, indeed, frequently happens.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
Harmonic Flutes, of double length open pipes, are now utilized by almost all organ builders.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
"Come nearer, Tatsu San," he whispered, forcing his face into the distortion of a smile.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
No distortion of countenance, or aukward behaviour; no absence of mind; but to keep the Graces always in remembrance.
Two Burlesques of Lord Chesterfield's Letters.|Anonymous
In fig. 72 distortion is carried too far; this figure is merely used as an illustration.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various