- overtone over·tone n
- ['əʊvəˌtəʊn]
1) often pl fig sfumatura2) Mus
overtones npl — armoniche fpl superiori, ipertoni mpl
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overtone over·tone n
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over·tone — /ˈoʊvɚˌtoʊn/ noun, pl tones [count] 1 : an idea or quality that is suggested without being said directly Their words carried an overtone [=hint, suggestion] of menace. racist/political overtones 2 : a very small amount of something The wine has… … Useful english dictionary
Overtone — O ver*tone , n. [A translation of G. oberton. See {Over}, {Tone}.] (Mus.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and at a higher frequency than a fundamental tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overtone — (n.) 1867, in literal sense, from OVER (Cf. over) + TONE (Cf. tone) (n.); a loan translation of Ger. Oberton, first used by German physicist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821 1894) as a contraction of Overpartialton upper partial tone … Etymology dictionary
overtone — Any of the tones, other than the lowest or fundamental tone, of which a complex sound is composed. psychic o. the mental associations related to any stimulus. * * * over·tone ō vər .tōn n one of the higher tones produced simultaneously with the… … Medical dictionary
overtone — /oh veuhr tohn /, n. 1. Music. an acoustical frequency that is higher in frequency than the fundamental. 2. an additional, usually subsidiary and implicit meaning or quality: an aesthetic theory with definite political overtones. [1865 70; trans … Universalium
overtone — noun 1》 a musical tone which is a part of the harmonic series above a fundamental note, and may be heard with it. 2》 a subtle or subsidiary quality, implication, or connotation. 3》 Physics a component of any oscillation whose frequency is an… … English new terms dictionary
overtone — n. 1 Mus. any of the tones above the lowest in a harmonic series. 2 a subtle or elusive quality or implication (sinister overtones). Etymology: OVER + TONE, after G Oberton … Useful english dictionary
Overtone — Overtones redirects here. For other uses, see Overtones (disambiguation). An overtone is any frequency higher than the fundamental frequency of a sound. The fundamental and the overtones together are called partials. Harmonics are partials whose… … Wikipedia
Charlie McMahon — playing the didjeribone in 2002. The microphone going into his mouth is the Face Bass, a seismic microphone that captures the subtleties of sound inside his mouth while he is playing. Charlie McMahon (born in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney,… … Wikipedia
sound — sound1 soundable, adj. /sownd/, n. 1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a… … Universalium
Sound — /sownd/, n. The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 mi. (140 km) long; 3 30 mi. (5 48 km) wide. Swedish and Danish, Oresund. * * * I Mechanical disturbance that propagates as a longitudinal wave… … Universalium
