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overtone
  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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  4. Examples:
    1. “Most people here remember the past few decades of relative calmness and stability, but with a strong overtone of fear.”
      “Hardy wrote of country habits and traditions which had passed away but, though historical in form, the novels had a contemporary overtone.”
      “When an aeolian harp string is activated by the wind, the fundamental is never sounded, only the overtone series.”
overtones
  1. plural of overtone
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Further compounding the peril is the fact that this is basically a murder mystery, a whodunit with slasher overtones.”
      “There were political overtones, security risks and controversies over ambush marketing, sponsorships, contracts and what not.”
      “It is whackily comic with irreverent overtones and moments of quite startling seriousness.”
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