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Resonate vs Harmonic - What's the difference?

resonate | harmonic |

As a verb resonate

is to vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.

As an adjective harmonic is

harmonic (relating to harmony).

resonate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration.
    • The books on top of the piano resonate when he plays certain notes.
  • To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support.
    • His words resonated with the crowd.

    See also

    * resonance ----

    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

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