Usually means: Multiple rhythms played simultaneously together.
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  1. polyrhythmic: Merriam-Webster
  2. polyrhythmic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polyrhythmic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. polyrhythmic: Wordnik
  5. polyrhythmic: Wiktionary
  6. polyrhythmic: Dictionary.com
  7. Polyrhythmic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. polyrhythmic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polyrhythmic)

▸ adjective:  (music) Having multiple, simultaneous rhythms.

Similar:
polyrhythmical, polychronous, heterorhythmic, monorhythmic, polyphonal, multiphonic, polyphonic, multitemporal, polytonal, polytimbral, more...

Opposite:
monorhythmic

Types:
cross-rhythm, hemiola, syncopation, tuplet, polymeter, polyrhythm, more...

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Similar:
polyrhythmical, polychronous, heterorhythmic, monorhythmic, polyphonal, multiphonic, polyphonic, multitemporal, polytonal, polytimbral, more...

Opposite:
monorhythmic

Types:
cross-rhythm, hemiola, syncopation, tuplet, polymeter, polyrhythm, more...



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