Bioacoustics & Ecoacoustics Glossary

overtone

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"a partial whose frequency is higher than, but not necessarily an integral multiple of that of the pure tone to which the pitch would normally be ascribed." [1]

Reference: [1] Broughton WB. Glossarial Index. In: Acoustic Behavior of Animals. Elsevier; 1963.; Erbe et al. (2022), Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound, Terms and Definitions. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97540-1_4