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1harmonic
adjective har·mon·ic \här-ˈmä-nik\
: of or relating to musical harmony rather than melody or rhythm
Full Definition of HARMONIC
1
: musical
2
: of or relating to musical harmony or a harmonic
3
: pleasing to the ear : harmonious
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First Known Use of HARMONIC
1570
Related to HARMONIC
- Synonyms
- balanced, congruous, consonant, eurythmic (or eurhythmic), harmonious
- Antonyms
- disharmonic, disharmonious, incongruous, inharmonic, inharmonious, unbalanced
Rhymes with HARMONIC
Aaronic, atonic, benthonic, bionic, boronic, Brittonic, Brythonic, bubonic, Byronic, canonic, carbonic, colonic, cyclonic, daimonic, demonic, draconic, dystonic, euphonic, hadronic, hedonic, hydronic, iconic, ionic, Ionic, laconic, Masonic, mnemonic, moronic, neutronic, photonic, phytonic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, pythonic, sardonic, sermonic, Slavonic, subsonic, symphonic, synchronic, tectonic, Teutonic, transonic
2harmonic
noun
Definition of HARMONIC
1
a : overtone; especially : one whose vibration frequency is an integral multiple of that of the fundamental b : a flutelike tone produced on a stringed instrument by touching a vibrating string at a nodal point
2
: a component frequency of a complex wave (as of electromagnetic energy) that is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency
First Known Use of HARMONIC
1777
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