Usually means: Multiple independent melodies played simultaneously.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word polyphonic:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. polyphonic: Merriam-Webster
  2. polyphonic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polyphonic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polyphonic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polyphonic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Polyphonic, polyphonic: Wordnik
  7. polyphonic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. polyphonic: Wiktionary
  9. polyphonic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. polyphonic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. polyphonic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. polyphonic: Dictionary.com
  13. Polyphonic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Polyphonic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. polyphonic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. polyphonic: Rhymezone
  17. Polyphonic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. polyphonic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. polyphonic: FreeDictionary.org
  20. polyphonic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. polyphonic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polyphonic: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  2. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See polyphonically as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Of or relating to polyphony.
adjective:  (music) Having two or more independent but harmonic melodies.
adjective:  (of an electronic device) Able to play more than one musical note at the same time.
adjective:  (of a text) Capable of being read in more than one way.

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