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harmonics
noun
the study of musical sound
• Hypernyms: ↑acoustics

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\\härˈmäniks, hȧˈ-, -nēks\ noun plu but usually singular in construction
: the doctrine or science of musical sounds

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/hahr mon"iks/, n. Music.
1. (used with a sing. v.) the science of musical sounds.
2. (used with a pl. v.) the partials or overtones of a fundamental tone. Cf. overtone (def. 1).
3. (used with a pl. v.) the flageoletlike tones of a string, as a violin string, made to vibrate so as to bring out an overtone.
[1700-10; see HARMONIC, -ICS]

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harmonˈics singular noun
The science or study of musical acoustics
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Main Entry: ↑harmony

Useful english dictionary. 2012.