Usually means: Simultaneous variations of a single melody.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterophony: Merriam-Webster
  2. heterophony: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. heterophony: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heterophony: Wordnik
  5. heterophony: Wiktionary
  6. heterophony: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. heterophony: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Heterophony, heterophony: Dictionary.com
  9. Heterophony: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Heterophony: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. heterophony: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Heterophony: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. heterophony: FreeDictionary.org
  14. heterophony: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heterophony)

noun:  (music) The simultaneous performance by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody.

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