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Any of the tones, other than the lowest or fundamental tone, of which a complex sound is composed.
1 any tone produced by voice or a musical instrument that is of a higher frequency than the lowest or fundamental tone of a sound.
2 a harmonic.
In music and acoustics, a harmonic.