overtone
pronunciation
How to pronounce overtone in British English:
UK [ˈəʊvətəʊn]
How to pronounce overtone in American English:
US [ˈoʊvərtoʊn]
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- Noun:
- (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
- a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
Word Origin
- overtone (n.)
- 1867, in literal sense, from over + tone (n.); a loan-translation of German Oberton, first used by German physicist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894) as a contraction of Overpartialton "upper partial tone." Figurative sense of "subtle implication" is from 1890, first attested in writings of William James.
Example
- 1. Central asia & siberia : epics & overtone singing .
- 2. Your second question has a religious overtone .
- 3. The word has a pejorative overtone .
- 4. This article starts from the research on the corresponding papers of forty years in western world to explore the multiple sides and significance of overtone singing in the western context .
- 5. Due to lack of overtone flute sound , looked plump than other wood wind instruments , so not suitable for imitating the human voice .