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Definitions for: Overtone [n] a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
[n] (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair"
Webster (1913) Definition: O"ver*tone`, n. [A translation of G. oberton. See
Over,Tone.] (Mus.)
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. --Tyndall.
See Also: harmonic, import, meaning, significance, signification
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