partial tone

Questions about partial tone

What is another word for partial tone?

It depends which partial tone you mean. In the sense “a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency”, the synonyms are overtone, partial. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of partial tone?

WordNet records no antonym for partial tone. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for partial tone come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of partial tone

• Full entry for partial toneAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for partial toneWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.