Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A written character or combination of characters having two or more phonetic values, such as the letter a or i in English.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced rēd or rĕd.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A written sign capable of being read in more than one way, or standing for two or more phonetic signs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a letter that has two or more pronunciations
Etymologies
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Examples
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This form has been termed the polyphone or horizontal novel.
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Hanging on the partition near the polyphone was a board about fifteen inches square, over the surface of which were distributed a number of small hooks, numbered.
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Palestrina entitled one of his famous polyphone masses "Missa Papæ Marcelli" in his honour.
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Before I left Budapest we read together the polyphone tattoo by J. K., and I then requested you to make the composer understand that Meyerbeer's far-famed
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The Old Dear now put a penny in the slot of the polyphone, and winding it up started it playing.
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A large automatic musical instrument -- a 'penny in the slot' polyphone -- resembling a grandfather's clock in shape -- stood against one of the partitions and close up to the counter, so that those behind the bar could reach to wind it up.
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While they were pouring this down their throats, Crass took a penny from his waistcoat pocket and put it in the slot of the polyphone.
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He had had six and a half pints of beer, and had listened to two selections on the polyphone at a total cost of one penny.
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The polyphone continued to play 'The Boys of the Bulldog Breed.'
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