harmonic

Meaning

Adj

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.
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.

Noun

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.

Synonyms

overtone

consonant

harmonical

harmonious

harmonised

harmonized

melodious

sympathetic

symphonious

melodic

rhythm

symphonic

tuneful

accordance

harmonic tone

canorous

compatible

concordant

congruity

congruous

dulcet

equalization

harmonically

Translations

harmonique

armónico

armonico

harmônico

harmonisch

αρμονικός

harmonisch

harmònic

harmonieux

ahenkli

harmonik

Harmonische

uyumlu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɑː(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/

Etymology

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