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<hw>Har*mon"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A musical note produced by a number of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See <er>Harmonics</er>.</def>

<h1>Harmonica</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har*mon"i*ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Fem. fr. L. <ets>harmonicus</ets> harmonic. See <er>Harmonic</er>, <tt>n.</tt> ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.</def><-- NOTE: This is now called the "Glass harmonica". The modern hand instrument has reeds -->

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.</def>

<h1>Har monically</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har* mon"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In an harmonical manner; harmoniously.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In respect to harmony, as distinguished from <i>melody</i>; <as>as, a passage <ex>harmonically</ex> correct</as></def>.

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>In harmonical progression.</def>

<h1>Harmonicon</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har*mon"i*con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes are produced by the vibration of free metallic reeds.</def><-- now called the harmonica. -->

<h1>Harmonics</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har*mon"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The doctrine or science of musical sounds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overtones.</def>

<h1>Harmonious</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har*mo"ni*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>harmonieux</ets>. See <er>Harmony</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.</def>

<blockquote>God hath made the intellectual world <b>harmonious</b> and beautiful without us. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; <as>as, an <ex>harmonious</ex> family</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Har*mo"ni*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Har*mo"ni*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Harmoniphon</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har*mon"i*phon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr.<?/ harmony + <?/ sound.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube</def>.

<h1>Harmonist</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har"mo*nist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>harmoniste</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a musical composer.</def>

<h1>Harmonist, Harmonite</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw><hw>Har"mo*nist</hw>, <hw>Har"mo*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a religious sect, founded in W\'81rtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.</def>

<h1>Harmonium</h1> <Xpage=671>

<hw>Har*mo"ni*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Harmony</er>. ]</ety> <def>A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.</def>