Australian English Meaning of overtone
overtone
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Definitions and Meaning of overtone in English
overtone (n)
(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
overtone (n.)
One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or partial tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.
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overtone
(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality, a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequencyOne of the harmonics faintl
Hue,Tint,tone,undertone,brightness,chroma,colour,contrast,Saturation,shade
Achromatism
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