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Polyphonic

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Adjective

1. polyphonic

having two or more phonetic values

Example Sentences:
'polyphonic letters such as a''

2. polyphonic, polyphonous

of or relating to or characterized by polyphony

Example Sentences:
'polyphonic traditions of the baroque'

3. contrapuntal, polyphonic

having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Polyphonic

see synonyms of polyphonic
adjective
1. music
composed of relatively independent melodic lines or parts; contrapuntal
2. 
many-voiced
3. phonetics
of, relating to, or denoting a polyphone

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Polyphonic

see synonyms of polyphonic
adjective
1. 
having or making many sounds
2.  Music
a. 
of or characterized by polyphony; contrapuntal
b. 
that can produce more than one tone at a time, as a piano
3.  Phonetics
representing more than one sound, as the letter c as in cat and in cereal

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Polyphonic

see synonyms of polyphonic
adj.
1. Music Of, relating to, or characterized by polyphony.
2. Linguistics Having two or more phonetic values.

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