anharmonic

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Adjective

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CIDE DICTIONARY

anharmonic, a. [F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. 'an priv. + harmonic.].

Not harmonic. [1913 Webster]

The anharmonic function or anharmonic ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to be regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.