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What does homophonic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word homophonic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (linguistics) Having the same sound; being homophones.
  2. (music) Having a single, accompanied, melodic line; not polyphonic.
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The book ignores such words as ball, bound, and plane, which are both homophonic and homographic.
French choral music of this time is often in a deceptively simple homophonic style.
Answer: a family of characters is made up of characters which are homophonic but mean different things.
Early in the century the madrigal more closely resembled the simple, homophonic or chordal style of the frottola.
Many of the choruses in the oratorio feature a similar blending of musical textures, with homophonic and polyphonic passages appearing in turn.
Further, Bach's legendary fugal skill and disposition elevated the suite to another level not found in the more homophonic French model.

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