harmonically Definition

harmonic
adj

1. Relating or referring to, or producing, harmony; harmonious.
2. music.
Relating or belonging to harmony.
3a. math.
Able to be expressed in the form of sine¹ and cosine functions;
3b. math.
Relating or referring to numbers whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression;
3c. math.physics.
Relating to, or concerned with, a harmonic or harmonics.

noun

1. music.
An overtone of a fundamental note, produced on a stringed instrument by touching one of the strings lightly at one of the points which divide the string into exact fractions.
2. physics.
A component of a sound whose frequency is an integral multiple of the base frequency.
3. One of the components of what the ear hears as a single sound.
4. In television broadcasting: a reflected signal received on a different channel from that on which the main signal is received.

Derivative: harmonically
adverb

Etymology: 16c: from Latin harmonicus relating to harmony.