Usually means: Dense, intricate web of counterpoints.
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  1. micropolyphony: Wiktionary
  2. Micropolyphony: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Essentials of Music (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (micropolyphony)

noun:  A polyphonic musical texture consisting of many lines of dense canons moving at different tempos or rhythms.

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