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overtone

[ oh-ver-tohn ]

noun

  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.

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overtone

/ ˈəʊəˌəʊ /

noun

  1. often plural additional meaning or nuance

    overtones of despair

  2. music acoustics any of the tones, with the exception of the fundamental, that constitute a musical sound and contribute to its quality, each having a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency See also harmonic partial
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

overtone

/ ōə-ō′ /

  1. See under harmonic
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of overtone1

1865–70; translation of German Oberton. See over-, tone
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There are cultural and racial overtones to an exchange in a recent episode wherein Drummond abusively demands Milchick apologize for using complicated words to . . . apologize.

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Mr Torvalds has given his blessing to the adoption of Rust as a programming language for Linux, while noting the “Rust versus C discussion has taken almost religious overtones in certain areas.”

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