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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint;
- Example: "contrapuntal base"

2. having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together;
[syn: polyphonic, contrapuntal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contrapuntal \Con`tra*pun"tal\, a. [It. contrappunto
   counterpoint. See Counterpoint.] (Mus.)
   Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contrapuntal
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or according to the
           rules of counterpoint; "contrapuntal base"
    2: having two or more independent but harmonically related
       melodic parts sounding together [syn: polyphonic,
       contrapuntal] [ant: monophonic]