harmonic: Meaning and Definition of

har•mon•ic

1. pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
2. marked by harmony; in harmony; concordant; consonant.
3. of, pertaining to, or noting a series of oscillations in which each oscillation has a frequency that is an integral multiple of the same basic frequency.
1. (of a set of values) related in a manner analogous to the frequencies of tones that are consonant.
2. capable of being represented by sine and cosine functions.
3. (of a function) satisfying the Laplace equation.

1. overtone (def. 1).
2. a single oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency.