har·mon·ic
här-ˈmä-nik 
1
: musical
2
: of or relating to musical harmony or a harmonic
3
: pleasing to the ear : harmonious
4
: of an integrated nature : congruous
1
a
: overtone
especially
: one whose vibration frequency is an integral multiple of that of the fundamental
b
: a flutelike tone produced on a stringed instrument by touching a vibrating string at a nodal point
2
: a component frequency of a complex wave (as of electromagnetic energy) that is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency
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Adjective
the desire to live the kind of harmonic life in which work and family are perfectly balanced
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of midwinter, one of the city’s spiritual hot spots, thanks to the harmonic convergence of two outstanding and very different exhibitions, both closing soon.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Bird noise gives way to a low drone, which then multiplies, creating a harmonic buzz—a chorus of leaf blowers, Bachman explains, similar to the models used to clear fire lines and recorded years earlier at a landscaping job.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Shortly after that, a harmonic convergence took place.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of midwinter, one of the city’s spiritual hot spots, thanks to the harmonic convergence of two outstanding and very different exhibitions, both closing soon.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
In Brahms, Schoenberg found progressivist harmonic thinking that was logically heading toward atonality.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Bird noise gives way to a low drone, which then multiplies, creating a harmonic buzz—a chorus of leaf blowers, Bachman explains, similar to the models used to clear fire lines and recorded years earlier at a landscaping job.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Harmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harmonic. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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harmonic
1 of 2 adjective
har·mon·ic
här-ˈmän-ik
: of or relating to musical harmony as opposed to melody or rhythm
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