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Polyphony

Noun CEFR B2
pəˈlɪfəni

Definitions

  1. Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
    countable, uncountable
  2. The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“the polyphony of a biblical passage”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

polyphore polyphosphatase Polyphosphate Polyphosphates polyphosphazene polyphosphoester

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