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Polyphone
n.
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A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red.
Polyphonic
a.
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Having a multiplicity of sounds.
Polyphonic
a.
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Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.
Polyphonic
a.
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Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic.
Polyphonism
n.
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Polyphony.
Polyphonist
n.
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A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.
Polyphonist
n.
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A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
Polyphonous
a.
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Same as Polyphonic.
Polyphony
n.
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Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
Polyphony
n.
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Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.
Polyphony
n.
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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.
Polyphore
n.
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A receptacle which bears many ovaries.
Polyphyletic
a.
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Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.
Polyphyllous
a.
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Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
Polypi
n. pl.
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The Anthozoa.
Polypide
n.
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One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa.
Polypidom
n.
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A coral, or corallum; also, one of the coral-like structure made by bryozoans and hydroids.
Polypier
n.
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A polypidom.
Polypifera
n. pl.
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The Anthozoa.
Polypiferous
a.
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Bearing polyps, or polypites.
Polypiparous
a.
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Producing polyps.
Polypite
n.
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One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian.
Polypite
n.
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Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.
Polypite
n.
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A fossil coral.
Polyplacophora
n. pl.
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See Placophora.
Polyplastic
a.
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Assuming, or having the power of assuming, many forms; as, a polyplastic element which does not preserve its original shape.
Polypode
n.
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A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody.
Polypode
n.
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An animal having many feet; a myriapod.
Polypodium
n.
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A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.
Polypody
n.
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Any plant of the genus Polypodium.