overtone
[ oh-ver-tohn ]
/ ˈoʊ vərˌtoʊn /
noun
Music.
an acoustical frequency that is higher in frequency than the fundamental.
an additional, usually subsidiary and implicit meaning or quality: an aesthetic theory with definite political overtones.
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British Dictionary definitions for overtone
overtone
/ (ˈəʊvəˌtəʊn) /
noun
(often plural)
additional meaning or nuance
overtones of despair
music acoustics
any of the tones, with the exception of the fundamental, that constitute a musical sound and contribute to its quality, each having a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
See also harmonic (def. 7), partial (def. 6)
Scientific definitions for overtone
overtone
[ ō′vər-tōn′ ]
See under harmonic.