3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: homophonous \ho*moph"o*nous\ adj. Of or pertaining to a homophone or homophony; as, homophonous words. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: homophonous adj : the phenomenon of words of different origins coming to pronounced the same way; "homophonous words"
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