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Meaning of Harmonic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
hɑː(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk

Definitions

  1. A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
  2. The place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present.
  3. One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction.
  4. One's child.

Equivalents

Examples

“Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all.”
“The harmonics (kids, I mean) sometimes failed to recognize me on the rare occasions when I emerged from the shack […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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