Overtone - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈəʊvərtəʊn|
Brit.
|ˈəʊvətəʊn|
noun
- (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
overtones of despair
- a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency (syn: partial)Extra examples
His words were polite, but there were overtones of anger in his voice.
Word forms
noun
singular: overtone
plural: overtones
singular: overtone
plural: overtones
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