I haven't been following this train but my recollection of definitions from Physics 101 more than a quarter century ago is that the fundamental is the first harmonic. The first overtone is the second harmonic. These are/were accepted definitions.
---------- >From: Cortland Richmond <[email protected]> >To: bogdan matoga <[email protected]>, ieee pstc list <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: 2 Phases in North America >Date: Mon, Dec 17, 2001, 12:04 AM > > > If we're smart (are we?) we'll say "fundamental," and let whoever wants to > argue what "2nd" means have the arena all to themselves! > > I would say there are harmonics of the second order, third order, and so > on, to which we refer, in short, as the second and third harmonics (and so > on). Don't forget, though, where the terms came from; what IS harmonic > motion, hmm? > > Cortland > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > Dave Heald [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old > messages are imported into the new server. > ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
