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Noun
- 1. overtone, meaning, significance, signification, import
- usage: (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair"
- 2. overtone, partial, partial tone, harmonic
- usage: a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
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Definition and meaning of overtone (Dictionary)