harmonics

har•mon•ics n. [Music.]

Music and Dance(used with a sing. v.) the science of musical sounds.
Music and Dance(used with a pl. v.) the partials or overtones of a fundamental tone. Cf. overtone (def. 1).
Music and Dance(used with a pl. v.) the flageoletlike tones of a string, as a violin string, made to vibrate so as to bring out an overtone.

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harmonics /hɑːˈmɒnɪks/ n

(functioning as singular) the science of musical sounds and their acoustic properties
(functioning as plural) the overtones of a fundamental note, as produced by lightly touching the string of a stringed instrument at one of its node points while playing
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