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Overtone   /ˈoʊvərtˌoʊn/   Listen
Overtone

noun
1.
(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality.
2.
A harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency.  Synonyms: partial, partial tone.





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"Overtone" Quotes from Famous Books



... countin' down, captain," Max said, an almost surly overtone in his voice. "You don't know what it's like being born with no more common stock ...
— Mercenary • Dallas McCord Reynolds
... through the gate. The silence was uncanny. Since the war began this factory had never been idle. Thousands of cannon made; contracts for countless more! But now quiet, save for an undescribable, whispering overtone that seemed to permeate ...
— The Whispering Spheres • Russell Robert Winterbotham
... when the last ringing overtone had gone off galloping in its stride toward infinity was the most absolute and awful silence I have ever had to listen to. The very possibility of sound seemed to have ceased to exist. You could not believe that there could be sound, nor ...
— Caves of Terror • Talbot Mundy


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