1. Involving or characterized by harmony
   "The harmonic arrangement of the music pleased the audience";
   - consonant, harmonical, harmonized, harmonised [Brit]
    
2. Of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm
   "subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"
    
3. Of or relating to harmonics
   "The harmonic overtones of the instrument created a rich, complex sound"
    
4. Of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds
   "the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response"
    
5. Relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
   "harmonic vibration";
   - sympathetic
    
6. (physics) relating to periodic or oscillating motion, or to solutions of wave equations
   "Harmonic oscillations"
    
7. (mathematics) relating to series, functions, or solutions derived from inverse powers or wave equations
   "Harmonic functions satisfy Laplace's equation"; "The harmonic series"

1. Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
   "The guitarist produced beautiful harmonics by lightly touching the strings"
    
2. A tone that is a component of a complex sound
   "The guitarist played a series of harmonics on the high E string"
    
3. (physics) a component frequency of a complex wave or oscillation, especially one related mathematically to a fundamental frequency
   "The Fourier transform showed multiple harmonics"

Derived forms: harmonics

See also: harmonious

Type of: pure tone, quality, timbre, tone

Antonym: nonharmonic

Encyclopedia: Harmonic