Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A written character or combination of characters having two or more phonetic values, such as the letter a or i in English.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A written sign capable of being read in more than one way, or standing for two or more phonetic signs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as
read , which is pronouncedrēd orrĕd .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
letter , or combination of letters, that can bepronounced in two or more different ways
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a letter that has two or more pronunciations
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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.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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January 30, 2008 at 8: 52 pm | Reply polyphone klingeltöne
Google’s Secret billion dollar revenue stream. « The Paradigm Shift 2006
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Palestrina entitled one of his famous polyphone masses "Missa Papæ Marcelli" in his honour.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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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
Letters Liszt, Franz 1893
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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.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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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.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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The polyphone continued to play 'The Boys of the Bulldog Breed.'
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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The Old Dear now put a penny in the slot of the polyphone, and winding it up started it playing.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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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.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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