How do you use Inharmonic in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like discordant or dissonant, plus the exact meaning.
Inharmonic meaning
Lacking harmony; discordant; dissonant
Synonyms of Inharmonic
Using Inharmonic
- The main meaning on this page is: Lacking harmony; discordant; dissonant
- Useful related words include: discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inharmonious.
- In the example corpus, inharmonic often appears in combinations such as: an inharmonic.
Context around Inharmonic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inharmonic
- In this selection, "inharmonic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, produce, form, sounds and partial stand out and add context to how "inharmonic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also produce inharmonic sounds which and an inharmonic frequency is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inharmonic" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inharmonic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An inharmonic frequency is a non-integer multiple of a fundamental frequency. (12 words)
Inharmonic additive synthesis can be described as : where is the constant frequency of th partial. (15 words)
The inharmonic ringing of the instrument's metal resonator is even more prominent in the sounds of brass instruments. (19 words)
Rather than perceiving the individual partials–harmonic and inharmonic, of a musical tone, humans perceive them together as a tone color or timbre, and the overall pitch is heard as the fundamental of the harmonic series being experienced. (38 words)
A harmonic partial is any real partial component of a complex tone that matches (or nearly matches) an ideal harmonic. citation An inharmonic partial is any partial that does not match an ideal harmonic. (34 words)
Unpitched, or indefinite-pitched instruments, such as cymbals, gongs, or tam-tams make sounds (produce spectra) that are rich in inharmonic partials (make "noise") and give no impression of implying any particular pitch. (33 words)
Example sentences (8)
Inharmonic form Additive synthesis can also produce inharmonic sounds (which are aperiodic waveforms) in which the individual overtones need not have frequencies that are integer multiples of some common fundamental frequency.
A harmonic partial is any real partial component of a complex tone that matches (or nearly matches) an ideal harmonic. citation An inharmonic partial is any partial that does not match an ideal harmonic.
An inharmonic frequency is a non-integer multiple of a fundamental frequency.
Inharmonic additive synthesis can be described as : where is the constant frequency of th partial.
Rather than perceiving the individual partials–harmonic and inharmonic, of a musical tone, humans perceive them together as a tone color or timbre, and the overall pitch is heard as the fundamental of the harmonic series being experienced.
The inharmonic ringing of the instrument's metal resonator is even more prominent in the sounds of brass instruments.
The original sound wave is suppressed and replaced by a "ring" of inharmonic higher and lower pitches or " sidebands ".
Unpitched, or indefinite-pitched instruments, such as cymbals, gongs, or tam-tams make sounds (produce spectra) that are rich in inharmonic partials (make "noise") and give no impression of implying any particular pitch.
Common combinations with inharmonic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an inharmonic 2×