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Organum vs Poly - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between organum and poly

is that organum is (music) a type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong while poly is dust.

organum

English

(wikipedia organum)

Noun

(organa)
  • (music) a type of medieval polyphony which builds upon an existing plainsong
  • (archaic) A method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted.
  • * 1794 , George Adams, Lectures on natural and experimental philosophy
    • He has given us an organum of a different origin and construction from that of Arislotle
  • * 1823 , Thomas Wirgman, An Entirely New, Complete and Permanent Science of Philosophy
    • Another important circumstance respecting our transcendental esthetics is, that it does not insinuate itself merely as a plausible hypothesis, but is as certain and indubitable as we can require any theory to be in order to serve as an organum .

    poly

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of various words.

    Noun

    (polys)
  • polytechnic.
  • polyethylene (polythene)
  • (chiefly, computer graphics) polygon
  • (uncountable) polyester
    • a cotton-poly blend
  • (chiefly, informal) polyamory
  • (chiefly, informal) A polyamorous person.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, informal) polyamorous

    • Verb

  • (transitive, video games, roguelikes) To polymorph; to transform by magic.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium .

    Alternative forms

    * poley

    Noun

  • A whitish woolly plant () of the order Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean.

    • Usage notes

    * The name, with various prefixes, is sometimes given to other related species of the same genus.

    Derived terms

    * poly-mountain (Webster 1913)

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