harmonic vs pure

harmonic

adj
  • Exhibiting or applying constraints on what vowels (e.g. front/back vowels only) may be found near each other and sometimes in the entire word. 

  • pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious 

  • recurring periodically 

  • Of or relating to a generation an even number of generations distant from a particular person. 

  • pertaining to harmony 

  • used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance 

noun
  • One of a class of functions that enter into the development of the potential of a nearly spherical mass due to its attraction. 

  • One's child. 

  • A component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency. 

  • The place where, on a bowed string instrument, a note in the harmonic series of a particular string can be played without the fundamental present. 

pure

adj
  • Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. 

  • Free of foreign material or pollutants. 

  • Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied. 

  • Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science. 

  • Mere; that and that only. 

  • Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant. 

  • A lot of. 

  • Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean. 

adv
  • to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly. 

noun
  • One who, or that which, is pure. 

verb
  • to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately 

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