Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
POLYPHONIC
polyphonic, contrapuntal
(adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
polyphonic, polyphonous
(adjective) of or relating to or characterized by polyphony; “polyphonic traditions of the baroque”
polyphonic
(adjective) having two or more phonetic values; “polyphonic letters such as ‘a’”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
polyphonic (comparative more polyphonic, superlative most polyphonic)
of or relating to polyphony
(music) having two or more independent but harmonic melodies; contrapuntal
(of an electronic device) able to play more than one musical note at the same time
Of a text: capable of being read in more than one way.
Source: Wiktionary
Pol`y*phon"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. polyphone.]
1. Having a multiplicity of sounds.
2. Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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