Definition of "polytonic" []

• Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982. (adjective)

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• "I expect the author of the sampler page would include a polytonic version if you cared to submit one."
• "I only get the "acute" accent, and it bothers me, because Elytis was a firm partisan of the polytonic system I happen to agree with him on this, but I actually enjoy much more Cavafy and Seferis."
• "Fewer people will be able to render it correctly, though for various reasons, but most often the font employed doesn't contain the precomposed polytonic characters and the browser can't adequately substitute for them."