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homophonous
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Homophonous
(gcide) | Homophonic \Ho`mo*phon"ic\, Homophonous \Ho*moph"o*nous\, a.
[Gr. ?; ? the same + ? sound, tone: cf. F. homophone.]
1. (Mus.)
(a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch;
unisonous; monodic.
(b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as
opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several
parts move independently, each with its own melody.
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2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of
letters; as, bay and bey.
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homophonous
(gcide) | homophonous \ho*moph"o*nous\ adj.
Of or pertaining to a homophone or homophony; as, homophonous
words.
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homophonous
(wn) | homophonous
adj 1: characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different
origins that are pronounced the same way; "'horse' and
'hoarse' are homophonous words" |
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Homophonous
(gcide) | Homophonic \Ho`mo*phon"ic\, Homophonous \Ho*moph"o*nous\, a.
[Gr. ?; ? the same + ? sound, tone: cf. F. homophone.]
1. (Mus.)
(a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch;
unisonous; monodic.
(b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as
opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several
parts move independently, each with its own melody.
[1913 Webster]
2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of
letters; as, bay and bey.
[1913 Webster]homophonous \ho*moph"o*nous\ adj.
Of or pertaining to a homophone or homophony; as, homophonous
words.
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