polyphonic
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(adjective) (music) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together |
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Synonyms: contrapuntal |
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Antonyms: monophonic |
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(adjective) (music) "polyphonic traditions of the baroque" |
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Synonyms: polyphonous |
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(adjective) (linguistics) having two or more phonetic values; "polyphonic letters such as `a'" |
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