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Meaning of 'overtone' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Overtone [ n.]
- One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.

Meaning of 'overtone' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . overtone [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
Example in sentence:
  • overtones of despair

Nearby Words:

oven ovenbird over over-arm over-busy over-garment over-story overabound overact overaction

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