A tone in the harmonic series of overtones produced by a fundamental tone. A tone produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching an open or stopped vibrating string at a given fraction of its length so that both segments vibrate. Also called overtone, partial, partial tone. 2.A wave whose frequency is a whole-number multiple of that of another. The theory or study of the physical properties and characteristics of musical sound.
Harmonics contribute to the ear's perception of the quality, or timbre, of a sound.
As the series progresses, the vibrating segments become smaller, the frequencies higher, and the musical pitches closer together. The universe, believe it or not, is nothing other than a giant musical instrument with a very special but predictable pattern of harmonically related oscillations which determine the structure of everything from galactic clusters to subatomic particles. Converts the normal sine wave into a complex waveform. My suggestion is that at every stage the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal, logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic use of language , etc. From the subatomic to the cosmic, these recurring patterns can be found in everything from particle interaction to social dynamics to the unfolding of the universe itself.