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polyphonic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polyphonic \Pol`y*phon"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; poly`s many + ? sound: cf F. polyphone.] 1. Having a multiplicity of sounds. 2. Characterized by polyphony; as Assyrian polyphonic characters. 3. (Mus.) Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to {homophonic}, or {monodic}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: polyphonic adj 1: (linguistics) having two or more phonetic values; "polyphonic letters such as `a'" 2: (music) "polyphonic traditions of the baroque" [syn: {polyphonous}] 3: (music) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together [syn: {contrapuntal}] [ant: {monophonic}]
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