harmonic

  • (a) of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm
    • "subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"- Ralph Hill
  • (a) of or relating to harmonics
  • (a) 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
  • (s) relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
    • sympathetic vibration
    sympathetic,
  • (s) involving or characterized by harmony consonant, harmonical, harmonised, harmonized,

Nouns

  • (n) a tone that is a component of a complex sound
  • (n) any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental

Synonyms

sympathetic consonant harmonical harmonised harmonized

Antonyms

nonharmonic

Words of close approximity

harmony
harmonica harmonical harmonically harmonic analysis harmonic law harmonic mean harmonic motion harmonic progression harmonics