POLYTONAL

polytonal

(adjective) using more than one key or tonality simultaneously; “exciting rhythms and polytonal harmonies”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

polytonal (comparative more polytonal, superlative most polytonal)

(music) That uses two or more tonalities simultaneously.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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