Definition of Homophonic. Meaning of Homophonic. Synonyms of Homophonic

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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...
- distinct harmonic functions to the soprano, b**** and inner voices. A homophonic texture may be homorhythmic, which means that all parts have the same...
- more securely, some homophonic ciphers emplo**** wholly invented alphabets of fanciful symbols. The book cipher is a type of homophonic cipher, one example...
- Homophonic translation renders a text in one language into a near-homophonic text in another language, usually with no attempt to preserve the original...
- "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...
- with homophones should be distinguished from words with homophones. The proportion of homophonic words is much smaller than that of homophonic characters...
- 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...
- 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...
- A contronym, contranym or autantonym is a word with two meanings that are opposite each other. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or...