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anharmonic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English harmonic English anharmonic From an- + harmonic.

Meanings

1. Not harmonic. Inharmonic.
2. Exhibiting anharmonicity
   • An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator.
3. Describing the section of a line by four points, A, B, C, D, when their mutual distances are such that AB divided by CB is not equal to AD divided by CD.

Deriveds

anharmonic ratio · equianharmonic · anharmonically

Relateds

anharmonics

Translations (2)

pt anarmônico (exhibiting anharmonicity) · pt anarmónico (exhibiting anharmonicity)