A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone
Harmonic means composed, played, or sung using two or more notes which sound right and pleasing together. relating to the way notes are played or sung together to give a pleasing sound
A sinusoidal quantity having a frequency that is an integral multiple (´2, ´3, etc ) of a fundamental (´1) frequency
a tone that is a component of a complex sound relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration"
A single frequency component of a sound Also called "overtone," or "partial " The timbre, or tone color, of a sound may be characterized by its harmonic content A 100 Hz sound that is high in harmonic content (for example, a sawtooth wave) will have harmonics at 200 Hz, 300 Hz, 400 Hz, etc
of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm; "subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"- Ralph Hill of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds; "the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response
{i} overtone, secondary tone which is higher than the primary or fundamental tone (Music)
a sine wave component of a complex sound whose frequency is a whole number multiple of the fundamental frequency
A frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental See also Distortion and Non-Linearity
Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines, motions, and the like
A sinusoidal component of a periodic wave or quantity having a frequency that is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency For example, a component which is twice the fundamental frequency is called the second harmonic (the fundamental is the first harmonic, which is frequently misunderstood)
an electrical frequency that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency; for example, if 60 Hz is the fundamental freqency, then 120 Hz is the second harmonic and 180 Hz is the third harmonic; some electronic devices, such as ballasts or power supplies, can cause harmonic distortion, directly affecting power quality
relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration"
After the fundamental, which is the lowest frequency and the one that determines the pitch, the first harmonic is the octave with a ratio of 2: 1 Next is the fifth, with a ratio of 3: 2 The harmonics eventually produce all the notes of the natural scale In music, the first harmonic is the octave In physics, the first harmonic is the fundamental