multiphonic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

multi- +‎ phonic

Adjective[edit]

multiphonic (not comparable)

  1. (music) Having the character of multiphonics: sounding two or more pitches at the same time
    • 2009 January 22, Nate Chinen, “A Single Jazz Band, by Way of Two Trios”, in New York Times[1]:
      He prefaced his next song with a row of hard, multiphonic squawks, sounding like a truck horn.

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