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overtone

/ˈoʊvɚtˌoʊn/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

  1. (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
    “overtones of despair”
  2. a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

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