28 December 2014

polyphony

[puh-lif-uh-nee]

noun
1. Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint. Comprising of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody.
2. Phonetics. representation of different sounds by the same letter or symbol.

Origin

Greek
1820-1830; < Greek polyphōnía variety of tones. See poly-, -phony

Related forms
polyphonous, adjective
polyphonously, adverb

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Anagram

phony ploy

Today’s aphorism

A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.

– J.R.R. Tolkien

On this day

28 December 1945 – the United States Congress officially recognises the pledge of allegiance to the flag, which states, ‘I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all’.

28 December 1981 – the world’s first test-tube baby is born after being conceived in a lab dish. Her name is Elizabeth Jordan Carr and she weighed 5lb 12oz.