polyphonicin a sentencegrouped by contextual meaning
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It's a recording of a polyphonic song written during the late Middle Ages.
polyphonic = having two or more independent but harmonically related melodies
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- He was waltzing while the rest of us hopped a jig; he was deaf to the raucous music of our lives, and we were deaf to the serene polyphony of his. (source)
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Is there a written language without polyphonic letters in its alphabet?
polyphonic = having two or more sounds (phonetic values) such as the letter "a" in cat and date
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- The Polyphonic Spree† (source)
- If they had disliked heroic comedy the Limeans would not have hesitated to remain at home; and if they had been deaf to polyphony nothing would have prevented their going to an earlier service.† (source)
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