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phonograph |
3 definitions found 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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