Definition of overtone in English:

overtone

noun ˈəʊvətəʊnˈoʊvərˌtoʊn

1A musical tone which is a part of the harmonic series above a fundamental note, and may be heard with it.
Example sentencesExamples
- This third phase of tonal theory argued in favour of a natural basis for major - minor tonality in the overtones of the harmonic series.
- His interest is in the kind of beat frequencies, harmonics and overtones made by combining tones that differ from each other by only a few hertz, sketching out his ideas using sine waves and oscilloscopes.
- The Chamber Symphony from 1967 is definitely a massive leap forward and here one can sense the deep atonal overtones that lie behind the heart of the music.
- The principle is the same, but the notes become even more complex through the use of harmonic overtones and (again, my guess) unconventional bowing.
- The fundamental and its overtones are set into vibration very quickly, and it would take someone with a very keen aural sense to hear all of these tones separately.
1. 1.1Physics A component of any oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency.
  Example sentencesExamples
  That is, vowels are created by the first few broad peaks on the amplitude envelope imposed on the overtone spectrum by vocal-tract resonances.
  This allows either the crystal's fundamental frequency or its third overtone to be selected.
  For instance, the first overtone for any sound is found at 2X the fundamental frequency (an octave above).
  Speculation: presumably, the system has also evolved to transmit information about high frequency overtones.
2often overtonesA subtle or subsidiary quality, implication, or connotation.
the decision may have political overtones
Example sentencesExamples
- The term ‘reactionary force’ has political overtones and historical connotations.
- But less than a year before the 2004 Republican National Convention, it is hard not to find political overtones in virtually everything the president says and does.
- To be sure, the question of Irish Home Rule added to the tensions inside Britain, and the suffrage controversy divided Britons on an issue with both political and emotional overtones.
- A challenge to the religious status quo carried strong political overtones, and vice versa.
- Though the text of 1946 has obvious political overtones, it is not yet openly polemical.
- I suggested at the outset that there are theological overtones to these overtly political and historical questions.
- Once Roma were level, that incident acquired ominous overtones retrospectively.
- Despite the problems the book had initially faced in finding a publisher in China - purportedly for its political overtones - it had finally received official sanction.
- Basically a wry comedy, it has serious overtones and philosophical implications.
- Those Romans had a word for everything and the meanings carried social, emotional and political overtones often as not.
- Although it had some religious overtones, Carnival has become a purely secular event.
- His vibrant paintings offer traditional scenes of Nigerian villages and tribal customs, with only a few subtle political overtones.
- In furthering this project, I suggest, it is critical to establish the play's precise date if we would recuperate political overtones and connotations activated in the earliest productions.
- More troublingly, it has acquired political overtones.
- Similarly, laws with distinctly racial overtones may have also had gendered meanings.
- But I don't think it has had big political ramifications or overtones.
- But Beijing made it clear that surveys with noncommercial overtones, such as political opinion polls, are strictly prohibited.
- It has both political and sociological overtones.
- With fragrance, the best mix balances flowers with heady scents with those with more subtle fragrant overtones.
- A few of the songs from his early period hold up remarkably well, usually those without the overt political overtones.
Synonyms
connotation, hidden meaning, secondary meaning, implication, association, undercurrent, undertone, echo, vibrations, hint, suggestion, insinuation, intimation, flavour, colouring, smack, suspicion, feeling, aura, atmosphere, nuance, trace, murmur, touch, vein
rare subcurrent

Origin

Mid 19th century: from over- + tone, suggested by German Oberton.

Definition of overtone in US English:

overtone

nounˈōvərˌtōnˈoʊvərˌtoʊn

1A musical tone which is a part of the harmonic series above a fundamental note, and may be heard with it.
Example sentencesExamples
- The principle is the same, but the notes become even more complex through the use of harmonic overtones and (again, my guess) unconventional bowing.
- The fundamental and its overtones are set into vibration very quickly, and it would take someone with a very keen aural sense to hear all of these tones separately.
- His interest is in the kind of beat frequencies, harmonics and overtones made by combining tones that differ from each other by only a few hertz, sketching out his ideas using sine waves and oscilloscopes.
- This third phase of tonal theory argued in favour of a natural basis for major - minor tonality in the overtones of the harmonic series.
- The Chamber Symphony from 1967 is definitely a massive leap forward and here one can sense the deep atonal overtones that lie behind the heart of the music.
1. 1.1Physics A component of any oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency.
  Example sentencesExamples
  For instance, the first overtone for any sound is found at 2X the fundamental frequency (an octave above).
  That is, vowels are created by the first few broad peaks on the amplitude envelope imposed on the overtone spectrum by vocal-tract resonances.
  This allows either the crystal's fundamental frequency or its third overtone to be selected.
  Speculation: presumably, the system has also evolved to transmit information about high frequency overtones.
2often overtonesA subtle or subsidiary quality, implication, or connotation.
the decision may have political overtones
Example sentencesExamples
- A few of the songs from his early period hold up remarkably well, usually those without the overt political overtones.
- In furthering this project, I suggest, it is critical to establish the play's precise date if we would recuperate political overtones and connotations activated in the earliest productions.
- Though the text of 1946 has obvious political overtones, it is not yet openly polemical.
- It has both political and sociological overtones.
- Once Roma were level, that incident acquired ominous overtones retrospectively.
- The term ‘reactionary force’ has political overtones and historical connotations.
- A challenge to the religious status quo carried strong political overtones, and vice versa.
- I suggested at the outset that there are theological overtones to these overtly political and historical questions.
- More troublingly, it has acquired political overtones.
- His vibrant paintings offer traditional scenes of Nigerian villages and tribal customs, with only a few subtle political overtones.
- But Beijing made it clear that surveys with noncommercial overtones, such as political opinion polls, are strictly prohibited.
- Basically a wry comedy, it has serious overtones and philosophical implications.
- Despite the problems the book had initially faced in finding a publisher in China - purportedly for its political overtones - it had finally received official sanction.
- Those Romans had a word for everything and the meanings carried social, emotional and political overtones often as not.
- To be sure, the question of Irish Home Rule added to the tensions inside Britain, and the suffrage controversy divided Britons on an issue with both political and emotional overtones.
- But less than a year before the 2004 Republican National Convention, it is hard not to find political overtones in virtually everything the president says and does.
- Similarly, laws with distinctly racial overtones may have also had gendered meanings.
- With fragrance, the best mix balances flowers with heady scents with those with more subtle fragrant overtones.
- Although it had some religious overtones, Carnival has become a purely secular event.
- But I don't think it has had big political ramifications or overtones.
Synonyms
connotation, hidden meaning, secondary meaning, implication, association, undercurrent, undertone, echo, vibrations, hint, suggestion, insinuation, intimation, flavour, colouring, smack, suspicion, feeling, aura, atmosphere, nuance, trace, murmur, touch, vein

Origin

Mid 19th century: from over- + tone, suggested by German Oberton.

单词	overtone
释义	Definition of overtone in English: overtone noun ˈəʊvətəʊnˈoʊvərˌtoʊn 1A musical tone which is a part of the harmonic series above a fundamental note, and may be heard with it. Example sentencesExamples This third phase of tonal theory argued in favour of a natural basis for major - minor tonality in the overtones of the harmonic series. His interest is in the kind of beat frequencies, harmonics and overtones made by combining tones that differ from each other by only a few hertz, sketching out his ideas using sine waves and oscilloscopes. The Chamber Symphony from 1967 is definitely a massive leap forward and here one can sense the deep atonal overtones that lie behind the heart of the music. The principle is the same, but the notes become even more complex through the use of harmonic overtones and (again, my guess) unconventional bowing. The fundamental and its overtones are set into vibration very quickly, and it would take someone with a very keen aural sense to hear all of these tones separately. 1.1Physics A component of any oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency. Example sentencesExamples That is, vowels are created by the first few broad peaks on the amplitude envelope imposed on the overtone spectrum by vocal-tract resonances. This allows either the crystal's fundamental frequency or its third overtone to be selected. For instance, the first overtone for any sound is found at 2X the fundamental frequency (an octave above). Speculation: presumably, the system has also evolved to transmit information about high frequency overtones. 2often overtonesA subtle or subsidiary quality, implication, or connotation. the decision may have political overtones Example sentencesExamples The term ‘reactionary force’ has political overtones and historical connotations. But less than a year before the 2004 Republican National Convention, it is hard not to find political overtones in virtually everything the president says and does. To be sure, the question of Irish Home Rule added to the tensions inside Britain, and the suffrage controversy divided Britons on an issue with both political and emotional overtones. A challenge to the religious status quo carried strong political overtones, and vice versa. Though the text of 1946 has obvious political overtones, it is not yet openly polemical. I suggested at the outset that there are theological overtones to these overtly political and historical questions. Once Roma were level, that incident acquired ominous overtones retrospectively. Despite the problems the book had initially faced in finding a publisher in China - purportedly for its political overtones - it had finally received official sanction. Basically a wry comedy, it has serious overtones and philosophical implications. Those Romans had a word for everything and the meanings carried social, emotional and political overtones often as not. Although it had some religious overtones, Carnival has become a purely secular event. His vibrant paintings offer traditional scenes of Nigerian villages and tribal customs, with only a few subtle political overtones. In furthering this project, I suggest, it is critical to establish the play's precise date if we would recuperate political overtones and connotations activated in the earliest productions. More troublingly, it has acquired political overtones. Similarly, laws with distinctly racial overtones may have also had gendered meanings. But I don't think it has had big political ramifications or overtones. But Beijing made it clear that surveys with noncommercial overtones, such as political opinion polls, are strictly prohibited. It has both political and sociological overtones. With fragrance, the best mix balances flowers with heady scents with those with more subtle fragrant overtones. A few of the songs from his early period hold up remarkably well, usually those without the overt political overtones. Synonyms connotation, hidden meaning, secondary meaning, implication, association, undercurrent, undertone, echo, vibrations, hint, suggestion, insinuation, intimation, flavour, colouring, smack, suspicion, feeling, aura, atmosphere, nuance, trace, murmur, touch, vein rare subcurrent Origin Mid 19th century: from over- + tone, suggested by German Oberton. Definition of overtone in US English: overtone nounˈōvərˌtōnˈoʊvərˌtoʊn 1A musical tone which is a part of the harmonic series above a fundamental note, and may be heard with it. Example sentencesExamples The principle is the same, but the notes become even more complex through the use of harmonic overtones and (again, my guess) unconventional bowing. The fundamental and its overtones are set into vibration very quickly, and it would take someone with a very keen aural sense to hear all of these tones separately. His interest is in the kind of beat frequencies, harmonics and overtones made by combining tones that differ from each other by only a few hertz, sketching out his ideas using sine waves and oscilloscopes. This third phase of tonal theory argued in favour of a natural basis for major - minor tonality in the overtones of the harmonic series. The Chamber Symphony from 1967 is definitely a massive leap forward and here one can sense the deep atonal overtones that lie behind the heart of the music. 1.1Physics A component of any oscillation whose frequency is an integral multiple of the fundamental frequency. Example sentencesExamples For instance, the first overtone for any sound is found at 2X the fundamental frequency (an octave above). That is, vowels are created by the first few broad peaks on the amplitude envelope imposed on the overtone spectrum by vocal-tract resonances. This allows either the crystal's fundamental frequency or its third overtone to be selected. Speculation: presumably, the system has also evolved to transmit information about high frequency overtones. 2often overtonesA subtle or subsidiary quality, implication, or connotation. the decision may have political overtones Example sentencesExamples A few of the songs from his early period hold up remarkably well, usually those without the overt political overtones. In furthering this project, I suggest, it is critical to establish the play's precise date if we would recuperate political overtones and connotations activated in the earliest productions. Though the text of 1946 has obvious political overtones, it is not yet openly polemical. It has both political and sociological overtones. Once Roma were level, that incident acquired ominous overtones retrospectively. The term ‘reactionary force’ has political overtones and historical connotations. A challenge to the religious status quo carried strong political overtones, and vice versa. I suggested at the outset that there are theological overtones to these overtly political and historical questions. More troublingly, it has acquired political overtones. His vibrant paintings offer traditional scenes of Nigerian villages and tribal customs, with only a few subtle political overtones. But Beijing made it clear that surveys with noncommercial overtones, such as political opinion polls, are strictly prohibited. Basically a wry comedy, it has serious overtones and philosophical implications. Despite the problems the book had initially faced in finding a publisher in China - purportedly for its political overtones - it had finally received official sanction. Those Romans had a word for everything and the meanings carried social, emotional and political overtones often as not. To be sure, the question of Irish Home Rule added to the tensions inside Britain, and the suffrage controversy divided Britons on an issue with both political and emotional overtones. But less than a year before the 2004 Republican National Convention, it is hard not to find political overtones in virtually everything the president says and does. Similarly, laws with distinctly racial overtones may have also had gendered meanings. With fragrance, the best mix balances flowers with heady scents with those with more subtle fragrant overtones. Although it had some religious overtones, Carnival has become a purely secular event. But I don't think it has had big political ramifications or overtones. Synonyms connotation, hidden meaning, secondary meaning, implication, association, undercurrent, undertone, echo, vibrations, hint, suggestion, insinuation, intimation, flavour, colouring, smack, suspicion, feeling, aura, atmosphere, nuance, trace, murmur, touch, vein Origin Mid 19th century: from over- + tone, suggested by German Oberton.
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