Fundamentals vs. Overtone

Fundamentalsnoun

plural of fundamental

Fundamentalsnoun

(finance) The fundamental analysis data.

Fundamentalsnoun

principles from which other truths can be derived;

Overtonenoun

A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series

Overtonenoun

An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message. See undertone.

Overtonenoun

One of the harmonics faintly heard with and at a higher frequency than a fundamental tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.

Overtonenoun

(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality;

Overtonenoun

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

Overtone

An overtone is any frequency greater than the fundamental frequency of a sound. In other words, overtones are higher pitches resulting from the lowest note or fundamental.