Phonograph

['fəʊnəgrɑːf] or ['fonəɡræf]

Definition

(n.) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one used in phonography.

(n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration, and reproduce the sound.

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Definition

n. a character or mark used to represent a sound (also Phō′nogram): an instrument by which spoken words or other sounds can be recorded and afterwards given out again almost in the original tones.—ns. Phonog′rapher Phonog′raphist one versed in phonography.—adjs. Phonograph′ic -al.—adv. Phonograph′ically.—ns. Phonog′raphy the art of representing each spoken sound by a distinct character: phonetic shorthand; Phō′nōscope an apparatus for recording music as played or for testing musical strings: a microphone.

Typist: Paul

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. An irritating toy that restores life to dead noises.

Checker: Newman

Examples

Checker: Raffles

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