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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not harmonic. Inharmonic.
2. 2
   Exhibiting anharmonicity

   "An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator."

3. 3
   Describing the section of a line by four points, A, B, C, D, when their mutual distances are such that AB divided by CB is not equal to AD divided by CD.

Example

More examples

"An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator."

Etymology

From an- + harmonic.

Related phrases

anharmonic ratio

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