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Polyphony

Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.

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Counterpoint 76% connected

An opposite point

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Music 76% connected

The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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Anacamptic adjective · 78% connection

Reflecting of reflected; as, an anacamptic sound (and echo).

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Articulate verb · 78% connection

To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

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Chattering noun · 78% connection

The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the…

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Dissonance noun · 78% connection

A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

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Diversity noun · 78% connection

Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.

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Echo verb · 78% connection

To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations.

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Echoed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Echo

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Echoes pl. · 78% connection

of Echo

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Echoing p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Echo

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Echoless adjective · 78% connection

Without echo or response.

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Gyve verb · 78% connection

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…

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Iterant adjective · 78% connection

Repeating; iterating; as, an iterant echo.

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Manifoldness noun · 78% connection

Multiplicity.

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Multeity noun · 78% connection

Multiplicity.

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Multifarious adjective · 78% connection

Having multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; of various kinds; diversified; made up of many differing parts; manifold.

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Multifariously adverb · 78% connection

With great multiplicity and diversity; with variety of modes and relations.

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Multiplicity noun · 78% connection

The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.

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Peal verb · 78% connection

To resound; to echo.

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