Uk English Meaning of overtone

overtone

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Definitions and Meaning of overtone in English

Wordnet

overtone (n)

(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality

a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

Webster

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

overtolerance => Overtolerance, overtoil => Overwork, overtly => openly, overtitle => Overtitle, overtire => overtyred,