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subharmonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
sub-har-mon-ic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency

noun

Such a frequency

Etymology

From sub- + harmonic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more subharmonic (comparative) most subharmonic (superlative) subharmonics (plural)

Derived Forms

plurisubharmonic subharmonically

Questions

What does subharmonic mean?
Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency
Where does subharmonic come from?
From sub- + harmonic.

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