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Traditional English :: harmonic
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harmonize.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)] |
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Traditional English :: harmonica
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harmonize.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] |
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Traditional English :: harmonious
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harmonize.html - adj. 1 sweet-sounding, tuneful. 2 forming a pleasing or consistent whole; concordant. 3 free from disagreement or dissent. harmoniously adv. harmoniousness n. |
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Traditional English :: harmonist
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harmonize.html - n. a person skilled in musical harmony, a harmonizer. |
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Traditional English :: harmonium
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harmonize.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)] |
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Traditional English :: harmonize
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harmonize.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)] |
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