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hor mo nik

  • n  a tone that is a component of a complex sound
  • n  any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
  • a  of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm
    subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"- Ralph Hill
  • a  of or relating to harmonics
  • a  of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds
    the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response
  • s  relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
  • s  involving or characterized by harmony

  • The long-awaited score proved to be typical Orff, avoiding such devices as standard harmonic progressions or even the modern "tone row.
  • Among the techniques: cryosurgery to freeze tissue to be removed, or use of a harmonic scalpel, a vibrating laser that simultaneously cuts tissue and clots blood.
  • These are quirky romantic comedies in which dissonant figures struggle to achieve harmonic convergence.
News & Articles

  • Harmonic Appoints New SVP of Worldwide Sales
    Harmonic has added George Stromeyer as its new senior vice president of worldwide sales.
    June 11, 2013 - Television Broadcast
  • Harmonic Appoints New Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
    SAN JOSE, Calif. - June 10, 2013 - Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, today announced that George Stromeyer has been appointed as the company`s new senior vice ...
    June 10, 2013 - Thomson Reuters ONE via Yahoo! Finance
  • RF Source provides true sinewave output with low phase noise.
    Designed using surface acoustic wave resonator technology, 2 GHz Model CRFS75-2000 features -134 dBc/Hz phase noise at 10 KHz offset and noise floor of -164 dBc/Hz. Source has no sub-harmonics; second harmonic is -20 dBc typical, and frequency accuracy is rated at ±150 ppm. With 5 V input voltage, device generates true sinewave with +5 dBm minimum output power. Housed in 0.75 x 0.75 in. SMT ...
    June 10, 2013 - ThomasNet
Quotes

  • John Ratzenberger in KOAT
    If you've ever spent any time in museums and if you've ever been fortunate enough to stand in front of a great work of art, you know there's a certain harmonic about it that touches you. It's the same feeling you get with 'WALL-E,'...
  • Bob Weir in San Francisco Chronicle
    The music of the Grateful Dead was complex, with intertwining themes of rhythm and melody, rich harmonic development and explosive dynamics; the same stuff one finds in classical music,Weir said.
  • Miles Davis in The Guardian (blog)
    I think a movement in jazz is beginning away from the conventional string of chords, and a return to emphasis on melodic rather than harmonic variations,Davis told the writer Nat Hentoff for Jazz Review in December 1958. "There will be...

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