- polyphonic
- or polyphonous adjective Date: 1782 1. of, relating to, or marked by polyphony 2. being a polyphone • polyphonically or polyphonously adverb
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Polyphonic — Pol y*phon ic, a. [Gr. ?; poly s many + ? sound: cf. F. polyphone.] 1. Having a multiplicity of sounds. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) Consisting of several tone series,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Polyphonic C — Polyphonic C# является расширением языка программирования С#. Она включает в себя новые модели параллелизма, в котором объекты могут иметь синхронные и асинхронные методы. Язык разрабатыевается Ником Бентоном, Лукой Карделли и Седриком Фурне в… … Википедия
polyphonic — англ. [полифо/ник] polyphonique фр. [полифони/к] polyphonisch нем. [полифо/ниш] полифонический … Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов
polyphonic — (adj.) 1782, formed in English from the same Greek root as POLYPHONY (Cf. polyphony) … Etymology dictionary
polyphonic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having many sounds or voices. 2) Music (especially of vocal music) in two or more parts each having a melody of its own; contrapuntal. DERIVATIVES polyphony noun (pl. polyphonies) . ORIGIN from Greek polu many + ph n … English terms dictionary
polyphonic — [pə lif′ə nəspäl΄i fän′ik] adj. [Gr polyphōnos, having many tones: see POLY & PHONE] 1. having or making many sounds 2. Music a) of or characterized by polyphony; contrapuntal b) that can produce more than one tone at a time, as a piano … English World dictionary
polyphonic — adj. Polyphonic is used with these nouns: ↑music … Collocations dictionary
polyphonic — UK [ˌpɒlɪˈfɒnɪk] / US [ˌpɑlɪˈfɑnɪk] adjective a polyphonic ringtone is a sound that a mobile phone makes when it rings that consists of several notes played together so that it sounds like music … English dictionary
polyphonic — /pɒləˈfɒnɪk/ (say poluh fonik) adjective 1. consisting of many voices or sounds. 2. Music a. having two or more voices or parts, each with an independent melody, but all harmonising; contrapuntal (opposed to homophonic). b. of or relating to… …
Polyphonic Size — Pays d’origine Belgique Genre musical New Wave Années d activité 1979 1991, 2010 Labels Sandwich Records, New Rose, Virgin Site officiel … Wikipédia en Français
Polyphonic HMI — is a music analysis company founded in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its principal product is called Hit Song Science (HSS) which uses various statistical and signal processing techniques to help record companies predict whether a particular song… … Wikipedia
