anharmonic
adjEtymology From an- + harmonic.
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Not harmonic. Inharmonic.
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Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Exhibiting anharmonicity
- An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator.
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Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences 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.
- Derived terms
- anharmonically, anharmonic ratio, equianharmonic
- Related terms
- anharmonics