harmonic.

1. Relating to the way musical notes combine into chords and work together.

2. A component of a sound whose frequency is a whole-number multiple of the lowest, fundamental frequency.

3. Relating to a smooth, repeating oscillation described by a sine or cosine wave.

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Words that belong together

• harmonic structure
• harmonic progression

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The composer changed the harmonic structure without altering the tune.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative.. Noun singular harmonic; plural harmonics. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.