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gramophone |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gramophone \Gram"o*phone\, n. [Gr. ? a thing drawn or written (fr. ? write) + -phone, as in telephone.] An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gramophone n : an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically [syn: {acoustic gramophone}]
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