harmonic

== English == === Alternative forms === harmonick (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”). By surface analysis, harmony +‎ -ic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑː(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/ Rhymes: -ɒnɪk === Adjective === harmonic (comparative more harmonic, superlative most harmonic) Pertaining to harmony. Pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious. (mathematics) Used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance. Recurring periodically. (phonology) 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. (Australianist linguistics) Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== harmonica philharmonic ==== Translations ==== === Noun === harmonic (plural harmonics) (physics) A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency. (music) 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. (mathematics) One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction. (CB radio slang) One's child. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === choirman, chromian, omniarch, rahmonic