1 a frequency of a sound that is higher than the fundamental (= the lowest normal frequency)
2 a quality, attitude, or emotion that is suggested in addition to what is stated:
The way in which the pupils view their peers has powerful overtones.
As already indicated, there can be several types of passive, or of antipassive, in a given language, with distinct semantic overtones.
Villagers reported only one such incident; but this appears to have political overtones.
Global sound resonance occurs at multiple frequencies (fundamental and overtones) depending on sound speed (cortico-cortical axons propagation speed) and hall size and shape.
I shall offer no apology for the hagiographic overtones of the preceding two paragraphs of this review.
We know that it can only oscillate at frequencies which correspond to the fundamental note and its overtones.
Similarly, nationalism with its symbols of family, common blood and origins has profound overtones for the individual psyche.
As a word, it implies a subjective/distorted view with clear psychological overtones, although its meaning has been open to varied interpretation.
