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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK];

πολύσ

many + [GREEK] sound: cf. F.

polyphone

Having a multiplicity of sounds.

Characterized by polyphony;

as, Assyrian

polyphonic

characters

(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

Adj.

[infra.] Having or consisting of many voices or sounds.