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phonogram


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phonogram  \Pho"no*gram\,  n.  [Phono-  +  -gram.] 
  1.  A  letter,  character,  or  mark  used  to  represent  a 
  particular  sound. 
 
  Phonograms  are  of  three  kinds:  (1)  Verbal  signs, 
  which  stand  for  entire  words  (2)  Syllabic  signs, 
  which  stand  for  the  articulations  of  which  words  are 
  composed;  (3)  Alphabetic  signs,  or  letters,  which 
  represent  the  elementary  sounds  into  which  the 
  syllable  can  be  resolved.  --I.  Taylor 
  (The 
  Alphabet). 
 
  2.  A  record  of  sounds  made  by  a  phonograph. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  phonogram 
  n  :  any  written  symbol  standing  for  a  sound  or  syllable  or 
  morpheme  or  word 




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