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polyphony

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun polyphony has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

polyphonyn. [Gr. .].
  •  Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

polyphony, n. (pl. -ies)
1 Mus. a polyphonic style in musical composition; counterpoint. b a composition written in this style.
2 Philol. the symbolization of different vocal sounds by the same letter or character.

Derivative
polyphonous adj.
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