Definition of overtones Overtones
/owˈvɚtowˌnz/ - [owvertownz] -
We found 3 definitions of overtones from 2 different sources.
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What does overtones mean?
Wiktionary 
- overtones (Noun)
Plural of overtone.
Part of speech
🔤- overtones, noun, plural of overtone.
WordNet
NounPlural: overtones |
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| overtone - (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair" | ||
| signification, meaning, significance, import the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" | ||
| overtone - a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency | ||
| partial, partial tone | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- overtone (n.)
One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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overtone
ō′vėr-tōn, n. a harmonic, because heard above its fundamental tone
Part of speech
🔤- overtone, noun, singular of overtones.
