1. A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges
with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
2. A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.
Harmonically
(Har*mon"ic*al*ly) adv.
1. In an harmonical manner; harmoniously.
2. In respect to harmony, as distinguished from melody; as, a passage harmonically correct.
3. (Math.) In harmonical progression.
Harmonicon
(Har*mon"i*con) n. A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes are produced
by the vibration of free metallic reeds.
Harmonics
(Har*mon"ics) n.
1. The doctrine or science of musical sounds.
2. pl. (Mus.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple,
tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial
tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of
the string or column vibrate; overtones.
Harmonious
(Har*mo"ni*ous) a. [Cf. F. harmonieux. See Harmony.]
1. Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical.
God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and beautiful without us.
Locke. 2. Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an
harmonious family.
3. Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.
— Har*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. — Har*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
Harmoniphon
(Har*mon"i*phon) n. [Gr. "armoni`a harmony + fwnh` sound.] (Mus.) An obsolete
wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the
vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube.
Harmonist
(Har"mo*nist) n. [Cf. F. harmoniste.]
1. One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the
four evangelists.
2. (Mus.) One who understands the principles of harmony or is skillful in applying them in composition; a
musical composer.
Harmonist
(Har"mo*nist, Har"mo*nite) n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect, founded in Würtemburg
in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in
common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established,
Harmony.
Harmonium
(Har*mo"ni*um) n. [NL. See Harmony. ] A musical instrument, resembling a small organ
and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of
