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Webster 1913 Edition

Homophony

Ho-moph′o-ny

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

homophonie

.]

1.

Sameness of sound.

2.

(Mus.)

(a)

Sameness of sound; unison.

(b)

Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See

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Webster 1828 Edition

Homophony

HOMOPH'ONY

,

Noun.

[Gr. like, sound.] Likeness of sound. Among the Greeks, a kind of music performed in unison, in opposition to antiphony.