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po·lyph·o·ny \-nē\ noun (-es) Etymology: Greek polyphōnia variety of tones, from polyphōnos having many tones + -ia -y 1. : musical composition in simultaneous and harmonizing but melodically independent and individual parts or voices : counterpoint — compare homophony 2. : multiplicity of sounds (as in reverberations of an echo) 3. a. : representation by polyphones b. : the fact of being a polyphone |