overtone
[ oh-ver-tohn ]
/ ˈoʊ vərˌtoʊn /
noun
Music. an acoustical frequency that is higher in frequency than the fundamental.
an additional, usually subsidiary and implicit meaning or quality: an aesthetic theory with definite political overtones.
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British Dictionary definitions for overtone
overtone
/ (ˈəʊvəˌtəʊn) /
noun
(often plural) additional meaning or nuanceovertones of despair
music acoustics any of the tones, with the exception of the fundamental, that constitute a musical sound and contribute to its quality, each having a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequencySee also harmonic (def. 7), partial (def. 6)
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Scientific definitions for overtone
overtone
[ ō′vər-tōn′ ]
See under harmonic.
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