harmomy.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 of or characterized by harmony; harmonious.
2 Mus. a of or relating to harmony. b (of a tone) produced by vibration of a string etc. in an exact fraction of its length.
3 Math. of or relating to quantities whose reciprocals are in arithmetical progression (harmonic progression).

--n.

1 Mus. an overtone accompanying at a fixed interval (and forming a note with) a fundamental.
2 Physics a component frequency of wave motion.

harmonic motion (in full simple harmonic motion) oscillatory motion under a retarding force proportional to the amount of displacement from an equilibrium position. harmonic progression (or series) Math. a series of quantities whose reciprocals are in arithmetical progression.

harmonically adv. [L harmonicus f. Gk harmonikos (as HARMONY)]

harmomy.html - n.
a small rectangular wind instrument with a row of metal reeds along its length, held against the lips and moved from side to side to produce different notes by blowing or sucking. [L, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of harmonicus: see HARMONIC]

harmomy.html - adj.
1 sweet-sounding, tuneful.
2 forming a pleasing or consistent whole; concordant.
3 free from disagreement or dissent.

harmoniously adv. harmoniousness n.

harmomy.html - n.
a person skilled in musical harmony, a harmonizer.

harmonistic adj.

harmomy.html - n.
a keyboard instrument in which the notes are produced by air driven through metal reeds by bellows operated by the feet. [F f. L (as HARMONY)]

harmomy.html - v.
(also -ise)
1 tr. add notes to (a melody) to produce harmony.
2 tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) bring into or be in harmony.
3 intr. make or form a pleasing or consistent whole.

harmonization n. [f. F harmoniser (as HARMONY)]