Usually means: Multiple rhythms played simultaneously together.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word polyrhythm:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. polyrhythm: Merriam-Webster
  2. polyrhythm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polyrhythm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polyrhythm: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polyrhythm: Wordnik
  6. polyrhythm: Wiktionary
  7. polyrhythm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polyrhythm: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. polyrhythm: Dictionary.com
  10. Polyrhythm (song), Polyrhythm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. polyrhythm: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polyrhythm: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See polyrhythmic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (polyrhythm)

noun:  (uncountable, music) Music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously.
noun:  (countable, music) A rhythm or set of rhythms performed as part of a piece of music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously, typically equally spaced in time and coprime.
noun:  (countable, music) Music containing such a rhythm.

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