anharmonic

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Etymology

From an- +‎ harmonic.

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anharmonic

  1. Not harmonic. Inharmonic.
  2. (mechanics) Exhibiting anharmonicity
    An anharmonic oscillator is a perturbed version of a harmonic oscillator.
  3. (geometry) 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.

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