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harmonics
1. The science of musical sounds.
2. The partials or overtones of a fundamental tone.
3. Integral multiples of the fundamental frequency.

The first harmonic is the fundamental, and the second is twice the frequency of the fundamental, etc. Also called overtones, these are vibrations at frequencies that are multiples of the fundamentals. Harmonics extend without limit beyond the audible range.

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