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English noun: overtone | |||
| 1. | overtone (communication) (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality | ||
| Samples | Overtones of despair. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | import, meaning, significance, signification | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
| 2. | overtone (cognition) a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | ||
| Synonyms | partial, partial tone | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | harmonic | ||
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