Mo*nod"ic (?), Mo*nod"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. .]

1.

Belonging to a monody.

2. Mus. (a)

For one voice; monophonic.

(b)

Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.

 

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