inharmonic

adjective

in·​har·​mon·​ic ˌin-(ˌ)här-ˈmä-nik 

: not harmonic

Examples of inharmonic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The sound of this solicitation purr is especially inharmonic, and cat owners are actually more attuned to it than non-owners, so there's no learning to just ignore it. — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2012

The stimuli included harmonic sounds and inharmonic sounds (produced by shifting some frequencies of a previously harmonic sound), and sounds with beating and without. — Sciencenow, WIRED, 13 Nov. 2012

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1828, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for inharmonic

• anharmonic
• anionic
• avionic
• catatonic
• cationic
• chorionic
• cosmogonic
• diachronic
• diatonic
• electronic
• embryonic
• excitonic