Both Uses of
overtone
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- There again: the overtone following through the air, third.†
Chpt 4 *
- PADDY DIGNAM: (With pricked up ears, winces) Overtones.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(overtone as in: a menacing overtone) meaning that is implied or implicit, but not stated; or a subtle or secondary characteristic of something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In music, overtone references a harmonic frequency that is an even multiple of another frequency.