harmonic

1. 1.

   a tone that is a component of a complex sound

   Broadertone

   Narrowerfundamentalovertone
2. 2.

   any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental

   Broadertimbre

Other forms of harmonic

plural

harmonics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about harmonic

What does harmonic mean?

harmonic means "of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in harmonic?

harmonic has 3 syllables: har-mo-nic. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /hɑɹˈmɑnɪk/.

What is another word for harmonic?

Close synonyms include sympathetic, consonant, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of harmonic?

The recorded antonyms are nonharmonic.

Is harmonic a common word?

harmonic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with harmonic?

4 words rhyme with harmonic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.