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harmonics

harmonics is the plural of harmonic.

Meaning of harmonic

Noun

harmonic (plural harmonics)

  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. (CB radio slang) One's child.
    • Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 7-12, page 140

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Noun

harmonics (uncountable)

  1. The science of musical sounds

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Phrases with harmonics

Words that rhyme with harmonics

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Questions about harmonics

What does harmonics mean?
Harmonics means the science of musical sounds.
What is harmonics the plural of?
Harmonics is the plural of harmonic.
What part of speech is harmonics?
Harmonics is a noun.

Words near harmonics in the dictionary

  1. harmonicity
  2. harmonick
  3. harmonicks
  4. harmonicon
  5. harmonicons
  6. harmonics
  7. harmonies
  8. harmonies of vowels
  9. harmonious
  10. harmoniously
  11. harmoniousness

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