pol|y|phon|ic

pol|y|phon|ic
pol|y|phon|ic «POL ee FON ihk», adjective.
1. Music. having two or more voices or parts, each with an independent melody but all harmonizing; contrapuntal.
2. that can produce more than one tone at a time, as a piano or harp can.
3. producing many sounds; many-voiced.
4. Phonetics. representing more than one sound. English oo in food, good is polyphonic.
pol´y|phon´i|cal|ly, adverb.

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