Polyphonic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Music Of, relating to, or characterized by polyphony.
  • adj. Linguistics Having two or more phonetic values.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of, or relating to polyphony
  • adj. having two or more independent but harmonic melodies; contrapuntal
  • adj. able to play more than one musical note at the same time
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having a multiplicity of sounds.
  • adj. Characterized by polyphony.
  • adj. Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; ; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of being read or pronounced in more than one way: said of a written character.
  • Consisting of or having many voices or sounds.
  • In music: Noting a method of composition or a work in which two or more voice-parts are simultaneously combined without losing their independent character, but with harmonious effect; contrapuntal: opposed on one side to monodic, monophonic, and homophonic, and on another to harmonic: as, a fugue is a polyphonic form of composition
  • Noting an instrument which is capable of producing more than one tone at a time, as an organ or a harp. Also polyphonous.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having two or more phonetic values
  • adj. of or relating to or characterized by polyphony
  • adj. having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
    • Antonym
    homophonic    monodic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    contrapuntal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ionic    Masonic    Miltonic    Napoleonic    Panasonic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    monophonic    rhythmless    postcard/post.php?usernum=927439537    enharmonic    eminem   
     
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