subharmonic
adjective, noun
subharmonic is an adjective meaning “Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-B-H-A-R-M-O-N-I-C, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does subharmonic mean?
adjective
- 1
Having a frequency that is a fraction of a fundamental frequency
noun
- 1
Such a frequency
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of subharmonic
- more subharmonic comparative
- most subharmonic superlative
- subharmonics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is subharmonic?
Subharmonic appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Subharmonic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | subharmonique |
| German | subharmonisch , Unterton |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does subharmonic come from?
From sub- + harmonic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).