overtone meaning
EN
[ˈoʊvɚtoʊn] [ˈəʊ.və.təʊn] WOvertone
- An overtone is any frequency higher than the fundamental frequency of a sound. Using the model of Fourier analysis, the fundamental and the overtones together are called partials.
- When a resonant system such as a blown pipe or plucked string is excited, a number of overtones may be produced along with the fundamental tone.
- NounPLovertonesPREover-SUF-one
- (physics, music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a harmonic.
- An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message. See undertone.
- The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".
- (physics, music) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a harmonic.
Definition of overtone in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "overtone" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.