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What is an overtone?

What is an overtone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (physics) A tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series
  2. An implicit message (in a film, book, verbal discussion or similar) perceived as overwhelming the explicit message. See undertone.
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For instance, the first overtone for any sound is found at 2X the fundamental frequency.
Being a valveless instrument, the Alphorn produces only those pitches that occur in the natural overtone or harmonic series.
There's still a weird overtone to some of Eagling's divertissement dances, with whips and slaves in the Arabian number.
Fantastic, pure, rich, full nose of fruit and caramel, with an almost minty overtone.
When an aeolian harp string is activated by the wind, the fundamental is never sounded, only the overtone series.
This allows either the crystal's fundamental frequency or its third overtone to be selected.

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