Harmonium Definition

här-mōnē-əm
noun
A small kind of reed organ.
Webster's New World
An organlike keyboard instrument that produces tones with free metal reeds actuated by air forced from a bellows.
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Other Word Forms of Harmonium

Noun

Singular:
harmonium
Plural:
harmoniums

Origin of Harmonium

  • French from harmonie harmony from Old French armonie, harmonie harmony

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French harmonium, a term coined by Alexandre Debain.

    From Wiktionary

Harmonium Sentence Examples

  • It is heard, too, when two notes on the harmonium are loudly sounded.

  • There is not much difficulty in detecting the difference tone by a resonator if it is held, say, close to the reeds of a harmonium, and Helmholtz succeeded in detecting the summation tone by the aid of a resonator.

  • The conditions assumed in this investigation are probably nearly realized in a harmonium and in a double siren of the form used by Helmholtz, and in these cases there can be no doubt that actual objective tones are produced, for they may be detected by the aid of resonators of the frequency of the tone sought for.

  • In the summer of 1964 an electric organ was purchased to replace the harmonium, and the first floor was created in 1967.

  • The Indian harmonium is an example of a keyboard instrument which has become part of a non-western culture.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAR

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MUMIUM

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