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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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
His own timbre of a voice mixes well with his multiple harmonic partners and the various goofy turns he is tasked with implementing.
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Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The story of damped harmonic systems goes back to 1900, when British physicist Horace Lamb built a simple mathematical model of a particle vibrating inside a solid.
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Adjective
The harmonic effort has earned the SNL alumna an Emmy nomination, alongside song co-writers Greenbaum and Sean Douglas.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
His own timbre of a voice mixes well with his multiple harmonic partners and the various goofy turns he is tasked with implementing.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
This is achieved with quantum harmonics played in headphones.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The story of damped harmonic systems goes back to 1900, when British physicist Horace Lamb built a simple mathematical model of a particle vibrating inside a solid.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Harmonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harmonic. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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har·mon·ic
här-ˈmän-ik
: of or relating to musical harmony as opposed to melody or rhythm
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