Definitions

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  • adjective Of, relating to, or being a wave with a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency.

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  • adjective physics Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency
  • noun Such a frequency

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ harmonic

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Examples

  • But until the warship was well under way and the subharmonic drone of her main drive was making his teeth shake in their sockets, he lay on the floor.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • But until the warship was well under way and the subharmonic drone of her main drive was making his teeth shake in their sockets, he lay on the floor.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • But until the warship was well under way and the subharmonic drone of her main drive was making his teeth shake in their sockets, he lay on the floor.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • But until the warship was well under way and the subharmonic drone of her main drive was making his teeth shake in their sockets, he lay on the floor.

    The Romulan Way Diane Duane 2000

  • But until the warship was well under way and the subharmonic drone of her main drive was making his teeth shake in their sockets, he lay on the floor.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • Kit felt it too: that subharmonic sensation which heralded a gate opening nearby.

    Time Scout Asprin, Robert 1995

  • At this point-blank range Bradley could just detect, with his unaided ears, a piccololike subharmonic as the robot scanned the obstacle ahead, and tried to identify it.

    The Ghost from the Grand Banks Clarke, Arthur C. 1990

  • At this point-blank range Bradley could just detect, with his unaided ears, a piccololike subharmonic as the robot scanned the obstacle ahead, and tried to identify it.

    The Ghost from the Grand Banks Clarke, Arthur C. 1990

  • Another common problem is subharmonic oscillation, as illustrated in both waveforms.

    EE Times-Asia 2009

  • In this book an account of the growth theory of subharmonic functions is given, which is directed towards its applications to entire functions of one and several complex variables.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

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