diaphony
/
daɪˈæfənɪ
/
noun
(
music
)
1.
a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
2.
(in classical Greece) another word for
dissonance
(sense 3)
Compare
symphony
(sense 5a)
Derived Forms
diaphonic
(
ˌdaɪəˈfɒnɪk
)
adjective
Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin
diaphōnia,
from Greek, from
diaphōnos
discordant, from
dia-
+
phōnē
sound