overtone
has definitions from the field of psychology
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[ noun ] (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
Examples "overtones of despair" Used in print (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)Here artistic realism involves the audience in an impassioned participation in events whose overtones and implications are transcendent . |
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[ noun ] (psychology) a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
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