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overtone

/ˈoʊvɚˌtoʊn/ · 8 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. noun

    (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality

    overtones of despair

  2. noun

    a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

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