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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Mathematics A series whose terms are in harmonic progression, especially the series 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + ᠁
- noun Music A series of tones consisting of a fundamental tone and the consecutive harmonics produced by it.
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