harmonical Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite involving or characterized by harmony
harmonised; consonant; harmonic; harmonized.
WordNet
Har*mon"ic, Har*mon"ic*al adjective
(Also<
- Harmonic
- Harmonical
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Etymology
L.Definitions
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Concordant; musical; consonant; as, .harmonic soundsHarmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. Pope.
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(Mus.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body. -
(Math.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like.
Har*mon"ic noun
Definitions
(Mus.) A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics .