diaphony


diaphony

(daɪˈæfənɪ) n1. (Classical Music) a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it2. (Music, other) (in classical Greece) another word for dissonance3 Compare symphony5a[C17: from Late Latin diaphōnia, from Greek, from diaphōnos discordant, from dia- + phōnē sound] diaphonic adj