contraharmonicaladj.
Mathematics.
Opposed or opposite to harmonical. When three numbers are in harmonical progression, then a : c :: a–b : b–c. The reverse of this, viz. a : c :: b–c : a–b is termed contra-harmonical proportion.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Contra-harmonical Proportions, that Relation of three Terms, wherein the Difference of the first and second, is to the Difference of the second and third, as the third is to the first.
Derivatives
ˌcontraharˈmonically adv.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Thus, e. g., 3, 5, and 6, are Numbers contra-harmonically proportional.
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