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nonpolyphonic

nonpolyphonic adjective: not polyphonic.

Adjective

nonpolyphonic (not comparable)

  1. Not polyphonic.
    • ...should the subsidiary woodwind line receive a separate group, or should we maintain the principle of nonpolyphonic grouping analyses?1996, Fred Lerdahl, Ray Jackendoff, A generative theory of tonal music
    • This so-called monody or vocal solo accompanied by nonpolyphonic harmony had become the basis of opera...2000, Robert W. Gutman, Mozart: A Cultural Biography

Origin of nonpolyphonic

From non- + polyphonic.

Questions about nonpolyphonic

What does nonpolyphonic mean?
Nonpolyphonic means not polyphonic.
What part of speech is nonpolyphonic?
Nonpolyphonic is an adjective.

Words near nonpolyphonic in the dictionary

  1. nonpolymerogenic
  2. nonpolymorphic
  3. nonpolynomial
  4. nonpolynomially
  5. nonpolynomials
  6. nonpolyphonic
  7. nonpolypoid
  8. nonpolyposis
  9. nonpolysaccharide
  10. nonpolysaccharides
  11. nonpolysemous

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