Harmonic Meaning
/hɑːˈmɒnɪk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjPertaining to harmony.
adjPleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious.
Sentence Examples
The harmonic series is divergent.
The harmonic series diverges.
The musicians created a beautiful harmonic progression.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The musician played a ____ chord that sounded perfect with the rest.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The choir's ____ singing filled the cathedral with a truly beautiful and celestial sound.
Word Origin & History
From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”). By surface analysis, harmony + -ic. Doublet of armónico.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"harmonic twang of leather, horn, and brass."
— 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
"A person is harmonic with respect to members of his own generation and with respect to members of all even-numbered generations counting away from his own (e.g., his grandparents' generation, his grandchildren's generation, etc.)."
— 1966, Kenneth Hale, Kinship Reflections in Syntax: Some Australian languages:
"Games for the harmonics, (children), YL's and XYL's and the OM's, plus free soda for all."
— 1967, CQ: the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 23, numbers 7-12, page 140:
"The harmonics (kids, I mean) sometimes failed to recognize me on the rare occasions when I emerged from the shack […]"
— 1988, Amateur Radio, volume 44, numbers 1-6, page 38:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The musician played a ____ chord that sounded perfect with the rest.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The choir's ____ singing filled the cathedral with a truly beautiful and celestial sound.