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Definition of harmonic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

harmonic

adjective
 
/hɑːˈmɒnɪk/
 
/hɑːrˈmɑːnɪk/
[usually before noun] (music)
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  1. relating to the way notes are played or sung together to make a pleasant sound
    • the harmonic and rhythmic interest of the music
    Topics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHarmonic is used with these nouns:
    • progression
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to music, musical’): via Latin from Greek harmonikos, from harmonia ‘joining, concord’, from harmos ‘joint’.
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