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Meaning of 'polyphony' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Polyphony [ n.]
- Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
- Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.
- Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.