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■ adjective
1》 relating to or characterized by harmony: a four-chord ~ sequence.
2》 Music relating to or denoting a ~ or ~s.
3》 Mathematics relating to a ~ progression.
↘ Physics of or denoting components of a complex oscillation or wave whose frequencies are exact multiples of the basic frequency.
4》 Astrology relating to a division of the zodiacal circle by a whole number.
■ noun
1》 Music an overtone accompanying a fundamental tone at a fixed interval, produced by vibration of a string, column of air, etc. in an exact fraction of its length.
↘a note produced on a musical instrument as an overtone, e.g. by lightly touching a string while sounding it.
2》 Physics a ~ component of a complex oscillation or wave.
Derivatives
~ally adverb