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harmonic.

Pertaining to harmony.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/hɑːˈmɒnɪk/Received-Pronunciation/hɑɹˈmɑnɪk/General-American
  1. Pertaining to harmony.

  2. Pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious.

  3. Used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance.

    The harmonic polar line of an inflection point of a cubic curve is the component of the polar conic other than the tangent line.
  4. Recurring periodically.

  5. Exhibiting or applying constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word.

  6. Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person.

Where this word comes from

From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”). By surface analysis, harmony + -ic. Doublet of armónico.

noun/hɑːˈmɒnɪk/Received-Pronunciation/hɑɹˈmɑnɪk/General-American
  1. A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.

  2. The place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present.

  3. One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction.

  4. One's child.

Where this word comes from

From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”). By surface analysis, harmony + -ic. Doublet of armónico.

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