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Meanings of polyphonous in English

Of or relating to or characterized by polyphony.

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Examples for "polyphonic"
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On the electronic music circuit they're known as PMCs: polyphonic multi-dimensional controllers.
Wired
2
Different parts of a large biblical painting trigger different polyphonic soundscapes.
Wired
3
The old polyphonic music differed from the newer harmonic music in three respects:
Purcell
4
Charlotte collaborates with a polyphonic choir in Kutaisi to create a new recording.
Radio NZ
5
It is where a very important style of polyphonic music began.
The new yorker
Usage of polyphonous in English
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One defining strand this year is its reflection of just how diverse and polyphonous our nation has become.
The Irish Times
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This multiplicity of sounds, this polyphonous character attached to their signs, became a cause of embarrassment even to them.
History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
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Meanwhile, as the dull, polyphonous roar of voices swept through the neck of the defile, a man shouted in broken, but truculent, accents:
Through Russia
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Then a chorus of Hellenic singers began a polyphonous hymn, and amid its full, melodious notes, which rose above the enthusiastic shouts of "Hail!"
Arachne — Volume 08
Polyphonous through the time