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harmonic

adjective
  1. involving or characterized by harmony
    consonant
  2. relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
    sympathetic
  3. of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm
    “subtleties of harmonic change and tonality- Ralph Hill”
  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. of or relating to harmonics
noun
  1. any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
  2. a tone that is a component of a complex sound