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Definition of Homophonic

Homophonic
Homophonic Ho`mo*phon"ic, Homophonous Ho*moph"o*nous, a. [Gr. ?; ? the same + ? sound, tone: cf. F. homophone.] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody. 2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.

Meaning of Homophonic from wikipedia

- dialects like Paulistano considering it non-homophonic, while dialects like Caipira consider it only homophonic, noting that these are two Brazilian dialects...
- phonogram. Homophonic substitution cipher − a cipher that disguises plaintext letter frequencies by homophony: 'e' is given more homophonic ciphertext...
- "Homophones" is a word game in which a player creates a sentence or phrase containing a pair or larger set of homophones, substitutes another (usually...
- Homophonic translation renders a text in one language into a near-homophonic text in another language, usually with no attempt to preserve the original...
- more securely, some homophonic ciphers emplo**** wholly invented alphabets of fanciful symbols. The book cipher is a type of homophonic cipher, one example...
- distinct harmonic functions to the soprano, b**** and inner voices. A homophonic texture may be homorhythmic, which means that all parts have the same...
- with homophones should be distinguished from words with homophones. The proportion of homophonic words is much smaller than that of homophonic characters...
- British Homophone was a record company, based in Great Britain that operated between 1921 and 1985. Incorporated on 3 August 1921 as a private company...
- famous for his puns and word games. A homophonic pun is one that uses word pairs which sound alike (homophones) but are not synonymous. Walter Redfern...
- literature. Homophonic puns in particular are called 音义双关; 音義雙關; yīn yì shuāng guān or more simply 谐音; 諧音; xiéyīn; 'homophones' while homophonic characters...