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multiphonic en · ADJ

Etymology

From multi- + -phonic. Contrasting with monophonic (“of an instrument, producing one note at a time”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having the character of multiphonics: sounding two or more pitches at the same time
    • He prefaced his next song with a row of hard, multiphonic squawks, sounding like a truck horn. 2009 January 22, Nate Chinen, “A Single Jazz Band, by Way of Two Trios”, in New York Times:

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polyphonic