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overtone

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈoʊvɚtoʊn/Part of speech nounSorted eenoortvStarts with OEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

Word origin

From over- + tone, calque of German Oberton.

Used in a sentence

  • The flesh tints appear to have been darkened by being overworked; the draperies are overtoned in the same way […]
  • Can you imagine, finally, the opening of Janácek's Sinfonietta, with its richly overtoned, overlapping fanfares, performed not by brass but by a consort of oboes—even very loud ones?

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