"disharmonic" meaning in English

See disharmonic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪshɑːˈmɒnɪk/ [UK] Forms: more disharmonic [comparative], most disharmonic [superlative]
Etymology: dis- + harmonic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|harmonic}} dis- + harmonic Head templates: {{en-adj}} disharmonic (comparative more disharmonic, superlative most disharmonic)
  1. Not harmonic.
    Sense id: en-disharmonic-en-adj-~1JQfReK
  2. (Australianist linguistics) Of or relating to a generation that is an odd number of generations distant from a particular person. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-disharmonic-en-adj-slsxkyO3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with dis-, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 38 62

Alternative forms

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