[mass noun](Music)the style of simultaneously combining a number of parts, each forming an individual melody and harmonizing with each other (乐)复调风格 ■[count noun]a composition written, played, or sung in this style 复调音乐 ■(on an electronic keyboard or synthesizer) the number of notes or voices that can be played simultaneously without loss (电子键盘或合成器上的)齐奏音(符)数
派生 polyphonist noun polyphonous adjective 语源
early 19th cent.: from Greek poluphōnia, from polu- 'many' + phōnē 'sound'