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| po·lyph·o·ny [ pə líffənee ] |
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1. music with several melodies: musical composition that uses simultaneous, largely independent, melodic parts, lines, or voices
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2. use of letter for different sounds: the representation of different sounds by the same letter in a writing system
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| [Early 19th century. < Greek poluphōnia "multiplicity of sounds" < phōnē "voice, sound" (see phono-)] |
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  po·lyph·o·nous adjective |
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