polyphonic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: polyphonic	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polyphonic adj having two or more phonetic values; "polyphonic letters such as `a'" of or relating to or characterized by polyphony; "polyphonic traditions of the baroque" Synonym(s): polyphonic, polyphonous having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together Synonym(s): polyphonic, contrapuntal Antonym(s): monophonic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polyphonic \Pol`yphon"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]; poly`s many + [?] sound: cf. F. polyphone.] 1. Having a multiplicity of sounds. 2. Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic* characters. 3. (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}.