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polyrhythm

The English word “polyrhythm” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously.
  2. A rhythm or set of rhythms performed as part of a piece of music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously, typically equally spaced in time and coprime.
  3. Music containing such a rhythm.

Etymology

From poly- + rhythm.

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