upper partial tone
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upper partial tone — Music. overtone (def. 1). [1875 80] … Useful english dictionary
partial tone — noun a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency • Syn: ↑overtone, ↑partial • Hypernyms: ↑harmonic * * * noun : partial 1 * * * Acoustics, Music. one of the pure tones forming a part of a complex tone. Also called … Useful english dictionary
Pure tone audiometry — (PTA) is the key hearing test used to identify hearing threshold levels of an individual, enabling determination of the degree, type and configuration of a hearing loss. Thus, providing the basis for diagnosis and management. PTA is a subjective … Wikipedia
Muscle tone — For the use of the term tone in weight training and bodybuilding, see Toning exercises. In physiology, medicine, and anatomy, muscle tone (residual muscle tension or tonus) is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, or the… … Wikipedia
overtone — (n.) 1867, in literal sense, from OVER (Cf. over) + TONE (Cf. tone) (n.); a loan translation of Ger. Oberton, first used by German physicist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821 1894) as a contraction of Overpartialton upper partial tone … Etymology dictionary
overtone — [ō′vər tōn΄] n. [transl. of Ger oberton, contr. < oberpartialton, upper partial tone] 1. Acoustics Music any of the attendant higher tones heard with a fundamental tone produced by the vibration of a given string or column of air, having a… … English World dictionary
Overtone — Overtones redirects here. For other uses, see Overtones (disambiguation). An overtone is any frequency higher than the fundamental frequency of a sound. The fundamental and the overtones together are called partials. Harmonics are partials whose… … Wikipedia
audio frequency — Synonyms and related words: AF, CPS, EHF, HF, Hz, MF, RF, SHF, UHF, VHF, VLF, carrier frequency, cycles, extremely high frequency, frequency, frequency spectrum, fundamental, fundamental tone, harmonic, hertz, high frequency, intermediate… … Moby Thesaurus
frequency — Synonyms and related words: AF, CPS, EHF, HF, Hz, MF, RF, SHF, UHF, VHF, VLF, amplitude, antinode, audio frequency, carrier frequency, crest, cycles, de Broglie wave, diffraction, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, extremely high… … Moby Thesaurus
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