how to pronounce harmonic

/hɑːˈmɒn.ɪk/

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harmonic is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of harmonic in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… this is called the harmonic series in it …”

meanings of harmonic

adjective:

Recurring periodically.
Used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance.
Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person.
Pertaining to harmony.
Pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious.
Exhibiting or applying constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word.

noun:

One's child.
The place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present.
One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction.
A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.

harmonic frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word harmonic occurs in english on average 3.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics harmonic can be related to

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