overtone
English
/ˈoʊvɚtoʊn/, /ˈəʊ.və.təʊn/
noun
Definitions
- (physics) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series.
- (figuratively) An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message.
Etymology
Prefix from English tone.
Origin
English
tone
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allotone English
- betone English
- demitone English
- ditone English
- downtone English
- duotone English
- eigentone English
- fuzztone English
- gammatone English
- goldtone English
- halftone English
- hemitonic English
- meantone English
- microtone English
- midtone English
- multitone English
- paratone English
- polytone English
- quadtone English
- realtone English
- retone English
- ringtone English
- screentone English
- semitone English
- sesquitone English
- sidetone English
- silvertone English
- subtone English
- tonal English
- tone English
- tonearm English
- tonebar English
- toneless English
- tonelike English
- toneme English
- tonepad English
- toner English
- tonewheel English
- tonewood English
- tonic English
- tonification English
- tonify English
- tonology English
- tonous English
- tony English
- touchtone English
- tritone English
- truetone English
- undertone English
- tonus Latin
- tono Italian
- ton Polish
- tony
- tone
- toner
- tonal
- tonic
- tonify
- ditone
- retone
- betone
- tonous
- toneme
- tonepad
- midtone
- subtone
- duotone
- tonebar
- tonearm
- tritone
- toneless
- quadtone
- ringtone
- semitone
- polytone
- tonelike
- allotone
- meantone
- sidetone
- halftone
- truetone
- fuzztone
- goldtone
- downtone
- tonology
- realtone
- demitone
- paratone
- tonewood
- eigentone
- touchtone
- hemitonic
- multitone
- undertone
- microtone
- tonewheel
- gammatone
- screentone
- sesquitone
- silvertone
- tonification