<B>harmonic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>(Music.) <DD><B> a. </B>having to do with harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm. <DD><B> b. </B>having to do with fainter and higher tones heard along with the main tones. <DD><B> c. </B>musical. <DD><B> d. </B>relating to harmonics on stringed instruments. <DD><B> 2. </B>in harmony; concordant; consonant. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Physics.) of or designating any of the frequencies making up a wave or alternating current, that are integral multiples of the fundamental frequency. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Mathematics.) having relations similar in some way to those of musical concords. <BR> <I>Ex. 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, and so on, are in harmonic progression.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Music.) <DD><B> a. </B>a fainter and higher tone heard along with the main tone; overtone. <DD><B> b. </B>a flutelike tone produced on a stringed instrument by pressing the string lightly at a nodal point; flageolet. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Physics.) a harmonic frequency. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonica">
<B>harmonica, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small musical instrument with metal reeds, played by exhaling and inhaling through a set of openings; mouth organ. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a kind of glockenspiel having glass plates, metal bars, or the like. <DD><B> b. </B>a musical instrument consisting of a set of glasses played by the application of the finger to the moistened rims; glass harmonica. </DL>
<B>harmonic analysis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=Fourier analysis.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>the study of Fourier series. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonicinterval">
<B>harmonic interval,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the difference of pitch between two notes or tones that are played simultaneously. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonicmean">
<B>harmonic mean,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a series of values. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonicminor">
<B>harmonic minor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) a version of the minor scale having a semitone below thetonic (raised seventh step or leading tone). The interval between the sixth and seventh steps is one and a half steps. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonicmotion">
<B>harmonic motion,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) a vibration, as of a violin string, in which the acceleration is directly proportional to but directed away from the displacement of the body from the mean position. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonicprogression">
<B>harmonic progression,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) a series of numbers whose reciprocals form an arithmetical progression. (Example:) 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonics">
<B>harmonics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the science of musical sounds. <DD><B> 2. </B>the complete set of sounds produced by a musical note. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonicseries">
<B>harmonic series,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=overtone series.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Mathematics.) <DD><B> a. </B><B>=harmonic progression.</B> <DD><B> b. </B>an infinite series of terms in harmonic progression. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonictone">
<B>harmonic tone,</B> <B>=overtone.</B></DL>
<A NAME="harmonious">
<B>harmonious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>agreeing in feelings, ideas, or actions; getting along well together. <BR> <I>Ex. The children played together in a harmonious group.</I> (SYN) peaceable, amicable, consentient, unanimous. <DD><B> 2. </B>arranged so that the parts are orderly or pleasing; going well together. <BR> <I>Ex. A beautiful picture has harmonious colors.</I> (SYN) congruous, consonant, consistent, concordant. <DD><B> 3. </B>sweet-sounding; musical. <BR> <I>Ex. the harmonious sounds of a choir singing Christmas carols.</I> (SYN) melodious. adv. <B>harmoniously.</B> noun <B>harmoniousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="harmonist">
<B>harmonist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an expert in musical harmony; musician; composer. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who harmonizes the Gospels or different passages in the Bible. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who reduces something to harmony, agreement, or concord; harmonizer. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonistic">
<B>harmonistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with the collation and harmonizing of parallel passages, especially of the Gospels. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) having to do with musical harmony. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonistically">
<B>harmonistically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>in the manner of a harmonist. <DD><B> 2. </B>in relation to a harmonization of writings. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonists">
<B>Harmonists, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> a religious group founded by George Rapp in Germany and brought by him to Pennsylvania in 1804. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonium">
<B>harmonium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a reed organ played by means of a keyboard and powered by bellows and treadles. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonize">
<B>harmonize, </B>verb, <B>-nized,</B> <B>-nizing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring into harmony, agreement, or accord; make harmonious. <BR> <I>Ex. He harmonized the two plans by using parts from each one.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to add tones to (a melody) to make chords. <BR> <I>Ex. The musicians harmonized the old song for part singing.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to be in harmony or agreement. <BR> <I>Ex. The colors in the room harmonized to give a pleasing effect.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to sing or play in harmony. noun <B>harmonization.</B> noun <B>harmonizer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="harmonogram">
<B>harmonogram, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a figure or curve traced by a harmonograph. </DL>
<A NAME="harmonograph">
<B>harmonograph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for tracing curves representing sonorous vibrations, consisting of two pendulums that vibrate at right angles to each other. </DL>
<A NAME="harmony">
<B>harmony, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>agreement of feeling, ideas, or actions; getting along well together. <BR> <I>Ex. There was perfect harmony between the two brothers.</I> (SYN) unity, friendship. <DD><B> 2. </B>an orderly or pleasing arrangement of parts; quality or condition of going well together. <BR> <I>Ex. Her plans are in harmony with mine. In a beautiful landscape there is harmony of the different colors.</I> (SYN) congruity. <DD><B> 3a. </B>the sounding together of two or more musical tones in a chord. <DD><B> b. </B>the structure of a piece of music in relation to the chords of which it consists, as distinguished from melody and rhythm. <DD><B> c. </B>a study of chords in music and of relating them to successive chords. <DD><B> 4. </B>a sweet or musical sound; music. <BR> <I>Ex. As the sun rose the harmony of the birds floated in my window.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a grouping of passages on the same subject from different stories or accounts, showing their points of agreement. <BR> <I>Ex. a harmony of the Gospels.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="harmost">
<B>harmost, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in ancient Greece) a military governor of a colony or province. </DL>
<A NAME="harmotome">
<B>harmotome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) a hydrous silicate of aluminum, barium, and potassium, occurring in brittle, vitreous, usually white form. </DL>
<A NAME="harness">
<B>harness, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the leather straps, bands, and other pieces for a horse or other draft animal which connect it to a carriage, wagon, or plow, or are used in riding. Reins, collar, and bridle are parts of a horse's harness. <DD><B> 2. </B>any similar arrangement of straps and bands, such as: <DD><B> a. </B>a combination of straps by which a parachute is attached to a person. <DD><B> b. </B>a combination of straps attached to an infant or young child to prevent his falling out of a crib or carriage or to control him in walking. <DD><B> 3. </B>the heddles and connected parts in a loom, by which the sets of warp threads are shifted alternately. <DD><B> 4. </B>the mechanism by which a large bell is suspended and rung. <DD><B> 5. </B>an assembly of conducting wires in the service module of a spacecraft, held together by adhesive-coated strings, molded rubber, or plastic tubing. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Archaic.) armor for a knight, warrior, or horse. <BR> <I>Ex. Arm, arm, and out! ... At least we'll die with harness on our back (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to put harness on. <BR> <I>Ex. Harness that horse.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to use or control so as to produce power or some desired effect. Water in a stream is harnessed by building a dam and putting in turbines for the water to turn. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to control; curb; restrain. <BR> <I>Ex. Karl Marx ... had tried to harness the primitive German Will (Edmund Wilson). Efforts were continued to harness science to education (Leonard R. Buckley).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) to put armor on. <BR> <I>Ex. Harness yourselves for the war (John Bunyan).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in harness,</B> </I>in or at one's regular work. <BR> <I>Ex. I got back in harness after my vacation.</I> noun <B>harnesser.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="harnessed">
<B>harnessed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>equipped with or being in harness. <DD><B> 2. </B>marked with streaks of color, as if wearing a harness. </DL>
<A NAME="harnessedantelope">
<B>harnessed antelope,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any of a group of antelopes marked with streaks of color; guib. </DL>
<A NAME="harnesshitch">
<B>harness hitch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a knot used especially in securing a pole, hook, or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="harnesshorse">
<B>harness horse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a horse used in harness racing. <DD><B> 2. </B>a horse used to do farm work or to pull coaches, wagons, or artillery. </DL>
<A NAME="harnessmaker">
<B>harness maker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> person who makes harnesses. </DL>
<A NAME="harnessrace">
<B>harness race,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a trotting or pacing race in which horses pull light sulkies and their drivers. </DL>
<A NAME="harnessracing">
<B>harness racing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the sport of racing horses harnessed to light sulkies; sulky racing. The race may be in a trotting or pacing style. </DL>
