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Meaning of "harmonic series" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARMONIC SERIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARMONIC SERIES

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conjunction
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Harmonic series is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HARMONIC SERIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of harmonic series in the English dictionary

The definition of harmonic series in the dictionary is a series whose terms are in harmonic progression, as in 1 + 1⁄2 + 1⁄3 + …. Other definition of harmonic series is the series of tones with frequencies strictly related to one another and to the fundamental tone, as obtained by touching lightly the node points of a string while playing it. Its most important application is in the playing of brass instruments.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARMONIC SERIES

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harmonic analysis
harmonic distortion
harmonic mean
harmonic minor scale
harmonic motion
harmonic progression
harmonica
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harmonichord
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harmonicon
harmonics
harmonies
harmonious
harmoniously
harmoniousness
harmoniphon
harmoniphone

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARMONIC SERIES

A series
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World Series

Synonyms and antonyms of harmonic series in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «harmonic series» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARMONIC SERIES

Find out the translation of harmonic series to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of harmonic series from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harmonic series» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谐波系列
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

serie armónica
570 millions of speakers

English

harmonic series
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हार्मोनिक श्रृंखला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سلسلة التوافقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гармонический ряд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

série harmônica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুরেলা সিরিজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

série harmonique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Siri harmonik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

harmonische Reihe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

調和級数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고조파 시리즈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seri harmonik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loạt hài hòa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹார்மோனிக் தொடர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्णमधुर मालिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Harmonik seri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serie armonica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szereg harmoniczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гармонійний ряд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

seria armonic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρμονική σειρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

harmoniese reeks
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

harmonisk serie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

harmonisk serie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of harmonic series

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARMONIC SERIES»

The term «harmonic series» is normally little used and occupies the 120.082 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARMONIC SERIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about harmonic series

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARMONIC SERIES»

Discover the use of harmonic series in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harmonic series and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Trombone
When the trombone slide is in a fixed position - say, fully closed - the player can produce the series of partials known as the harmonic series simply by adjusting the embouchure and diaphragm. This feature - the capacity to play a harmonic ...
Trevor Herbert, 2006
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Calculus of a Single Variable
HARMONIC SERIES Pythagoras and his students paid close attention to the development of music as an abstract science. This led to the discovery of the relationship between the tone and the length of the vibrating string. It was observed that ...
Ron Larson, Bruce Edwards, 2008
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Calculus
HARMONIC SERIES Pythagoras and his students paid close attention to the development of music as an abstract science.This led to the discovery of the relationship between the tone and the length of a vibrating string. It was observed that ...
Ron Larson, Bruce Edwards, 2013
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Wind Talk for Brass : A Practical Guide to Understanding and ...
Determining alternate fingerings on brass instruments is primarily related to understanding the harmonic series and the function of the valves (or slide). Understanding the function and use of optional equipment (e.g., fourth or fifth valves; ...
Mark C. Ely Professor of Music Education and Saxophone University of Utah, Amy E. Van Deuren Attorney at Law and former Adjunct Instructor University of Utah School of Music, 2009
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Elementary Real Analysis
1 k =1+1 2 + 1 3 +..., which is called the harmonic series. Let us show that this series diverges. This series has no closed form for the sequence of partial sums { sn} and so there seems no hope of merely computing limn→∞sn to determine the ...
Brian S. Thomson, Judith B. Bruckner, Andrew M. Bruckner, 2008
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To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite
Thus one would intuitively expect that by depleting the harmonic series so that it includes only the reciprocals of the primes, the series would converge. But this is not so. On the other hand, the series consisting of the reciprocals of all twin ...
Eli Maor, 1991
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Encyclopaedia of Mathematics
AMS 1980 Subject Classification: 51A05 HARMONIC SERIES - The series of numbers 0O 1 2t A harmonic quadruple can be defined without recourse to metric concepts. Let PQRS be a quadrangle (see Each term of the harmonic series ...
Michiel Hazewinkel, 1989
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Approximately Calculus
In Problems 16.1.6 and 16.1.7 we consider the harmonic series after we drop some of its terms. We ask whether it continues to diverge. In particular, does the series of reciprocals of primes converge or diverge? In Problem 16.1.7 we answer ...
Shahriar Shahriari, 2006
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Introduction to Scientific Programming: Computational ...
1 is composed of the first n even terms of the harmonic series ({ + 3 + | + ...). The harmonic series diverges, which means that we can make the sum of Series 4. 1 as big as we choose by making n sufficiently large. In theory, at least, if we have ...
Joseph L. Zachary, 1996
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The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 ...
For this entry, we are interested in a series that diverges much more slowly. We're interested in a more magical series, an angel, perhaps, with weaker wings. Consider the harmonic series, the first famous example of a divergent series whose ...
Clifford A. Pickover, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARMONIC SERIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harmonic series is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Ojai Music Festival.
... voices, and percussion generate incrementally shifting clouds of tones based on the natural harmonic series emanating from a low B-flat. «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
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Percussion and Pierre Boulez: Ojai at Berkeley Festival
... breath-like tones drawn from the first 16 partials of the harmonic series over a B-flat fundamental. Named after an Inuit word that translates as ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Jun 15»
3
Timeline: Pythagoras And The Connection Between Music And Math
This concept is known as the overtone series or harmonic series and it is a feature of physics, affecting waves and frequencies in ways we can ... «Vermont Public Radio, Jun 15»
4
Leontine Hass: 'There's no such thing as tone-deafness'
This is called the harmonic series. Great voices tend to have fabulously athletic, lifted and firm soft palates while singing. It is a bit like the dome ... «The Stage, Jun 15»
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Brace For Branca at Bang On a Can Marathon
... which is even more exciting than the eBay auction Branca is having (do not even think of bidding on that harmonic series guitar, you fuckers). «Bedford + Bowery, May 15»
6
Holy Cross Employee Shares his Passion at Local Tedx Event
His talk featured the overtone series that is used in music and how instruments create sounds that include this harmonic series. Maday ... «College of the Holy Cross, May 15»
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Acclaimed outdoor music piece to be performed at three DC venues
Another major element is the harmonic series, a concept instinctive to musicians and thorny to explain: the collection of all the sounds related to ... «Washington Post, May 15»
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Accomplished Friction Quartet Plays Adams, World Premieres
... the violins tune their D strings down to C, a delightful effect that heightens the resonance of the final passage, built on the C harmonic series. «San Francisco Classical Voice, Apr 15»
9
Lamar Odom & Khloe Kardashian: His New Marriage Ultimatum To …
Unfortunately, Khloe's words didn't sit well with Lamar. “Lamar told her, 'You're more confusing and complicated than the harmonic series,'” the ... «Hollywood Life, Apr 15»
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Paul Winter to perform with Prana & NEXUS in Kingston
Tuned to the “natural harmonic series” to complement the ancient microtonal vocal scales explored so exquisitely by Prana, the metal tubes ... «Almanac Weekly, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Harmonic series [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/harmonic-series>. May 2024 ».
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