polyphonically

Variant of polyphonic

polyphonic definition

poly·phonic (päl′i fän′ik)

adjective

  1. having or making many sounds
  2. Music
    1. of or characterized by polyphony; contrapuntal
    2. that can produce more than one tone at a time, as a piano
  3. Phonet. representing more than one sound, as the letter c as in cat and in cereal

Etymology: Gr polyphōnos, having many tones: see poly- & -phone

Also polyphonous po·lyph′o·nous (pə lif′ə nəs)

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