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Synonyms for overtone

Grammar : Noun
Spell : oh-ver-tohn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vərˌtoʊn

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Définition of overtone

Origin :
  • 1867, in literal sense, from over + tone (n.); a loan-translation of German Oberton, first used by German physicist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894) as a contraction of Overpartialton "upper partial tone." Figurative sense of "subtle implication" is from 1890, first attested in writings of William James.
  • noun implication, hint
Example sentences :
  • The second overtone requires three nodes, as in Fig. 137, 3.
  • Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams
  • When the second overtone is blown (Fig. 136, 3) a third node forms.
  • Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams
  • Kenmore, in the light of its past, sounds an overtone of romance.
  • Extract from : « Historic Fredericksburg » by John T. Goolrick
  • “The pineapple ice is the twelfth overtone,” replied Mr. Dubbe.
  • Extract from : « The So-called Human Race » by Bert Leston Taylor
  • Vincent kept silence, pondering every tone and overtone of the remark.
  • Extract from : « The Brimming Cup » by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
  • Impassioned it continued, and yet with the overtone of a great pity and tenderness now vibrating through it.
  • Extract from : « Robert Annys: Poor Priest » by Annie Nathan Meyer
  • There was an overtone which suggested that it made little difference what impressions a captain of cavalry might have gained.
  • Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Their cooing notes are well known—a high-pitched "overtone," followed by several long bell-toned notes.
  • Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
  • The string, considered as halved by one node, gives the first overtone, or octave of the fundamental.
  • Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams
  • When the first overtone is sounded the column divides itself into two vibrating parts.
  • Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams

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