Assertion: chime | /r/CapableOf | lack inner tuning
Facets:
value: to permit use of harmony
type: PURPOSE
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: until the 20th century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Until the 20th century its bells generally lacked an inner tuning, or fixed mathematical relationship of partials (component tones of a bell’s complex sound) to permit use of harmony; it also lacks dynamic variation.