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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phonograph  \Pho"no*graph\,  n.  [Phono-  +  -graph.] 
  1.  A  character  or  symbol  used  to  represent  a  sound,  esp.  one 
  used  in  phonography. 
 
  2.  (Physics)  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  phonograph 
  n  :  rotating  records  cause  a  stylus  to  vibrate  and  the 
  vibrations  are  amplified  acoustically  or  electronically 
  [syn:  {record  player}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PHONOGRAPH,  n.  An  irritating  toy  that  restores  life  to  dead  noises. 
 
 




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