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   polyphonic

   /ˌpɒlɪˈfɒnɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. producing or involving many sounds or voices: "a 64-voice polyphonic sound module"
   • ▪ (especially of vocal music) in two or more parts each having a melody of its own; contrapuntal. "polyphonic choral music"
   • ▪ (of an instrument) capable of producing more than one note at a time: "keyboards and other polyphonic instruments"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Greek poluphōnos (from polu- ‘many’ + phōnē ‘voice, sound’) + -ic.

   Derivatives

   • 1. polyphonically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 22

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