(from the article `overtone`) in acoustics, tone sounding above the fundamental tone when a string or air column vibrates as a whole, producing the fundamental, or first harmonic. ... ...of vibration. A simple tone has only one frequency, although its intensity may vary. A complex tone consists of two or more simple tones, called ... ...
sinusoidal component of a periodic sound wave having the same frequency as the periodic wave
Type: Term Definitions: 1. the component of lowest frequency in a complex sound.