po|lyph|o|ny

po|lyph|o|ny
po|lyph|o|ny «puh LIHF uh nee», noun.
1. Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
2. a multiplicity of sounds.
3. Phonetics. the representation of more than one sound by the same letter or symbol.
[< Greek polyphōníā < polýphōnos having many sounds or voices < polýs many + phōn sound]

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