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homophonic

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hom·o·phon·ic  (hm-fnk, hm-)
adj.
1. Having the same sound.
2. Having or characterized by a single melodic line with accompaniment.

[From Greek homophnos : homo-, homo- + phn, sound; see phone2.]
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Adj.1.homophonic - having the same sound
same - closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"
2.homophonic - having a single melodic line with accompaniment
monophonic - consisting of a single melodic line


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In our opinion, the generalizations happen by the homophonic working of different pictures of the same face which we have come across in the most different conditions and situations, once pale, once reddened, once cheerful, once earnest, once in this light, and once in that.
 
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