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Harmonic vs Nonharmonic - What's the difference?

harmonic | nonharmonic |

As adjectives the difference between harmonic and nonharmonic

is that harmonic is pertaining to harmony while nonharmonic is not harmonic.

As a noun harmonic

is a component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.

harmonic

English

Alternative forms

* harmonick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • pertaining to harmony
  • pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious
  • * (rfdate) (Alexander Pope)
    • harmonic twang of leather, horn, and brass.
  • (mathematics) (used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance)
    • The harmonic polar line of an inflection point of a cubic curve is the component of the polar conic other than the tangent line.

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * harmonic addition theorem * harmonic analysis * harmonic brick * harmonic conjugate * harmonic conjugate function * harmonic coordinates * harmonic decomposition * harmonic divisor number * harmonic equation * harmonic expansion * harmonic form * harmonic function * harmonic-geometric mean * harmonic homology * harmonic logarithm * harmonic map * harmonic mean * harmonic mean index * harmonic number * harmonic parameter * harmonic progression * harmonic quadrilateral * harmonic range * harmonic ratio * harmonic segment * harmonic series * harmonic series of primes * harmonic system of points

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) a component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency

    • Anagrams

    *

    nonharmonic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not harmonic.