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Polyphonic

Polyphonic Meaning & Definition
Polyphonic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Polyphonic?

[adj] (music) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
[adj] (music) "polyphonic traditions of the baroque"
[adj] (linguistics) having two or more phonetic values; "polyphonic letters such as `a'"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Polyphonic: contrapuntal | polyphonous

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Polyphonic In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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