Look up: phonograph

1. phonograph
   Early machine for recording and reproducing sound, using a wax cylinder. It was invented 1878 by Thomas Edison in the USA. See gramophone.
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2. Phonograph
   Pho'no·graph noun [ 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,...
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3. phonograph
   1. A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially. 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 in...
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4. Phonograph
   • (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, a...
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5. phonograph
   instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus, or needle, following a groove on a rotating disc. A phonograph disc, or ... [10 related articles]
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6. phonograph
   phonograph An instrument, invented by Thomas A. Edison in 1877 (patented 30 July), by which sounds are automatically recorded and reproduced. In Britain the word is retained only for early cylinder machines; but in North Amerrica, it has become synonymous with a 'record player', a 'record deck', a '...
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7. phonograph
   phonography, phonograph 1. The art or practice of writing according to sound, or so as to represent the actual pronunciation; phonetic spelling. 2. The system of phonetic shorthand invented by Isaac Pitman in 1837: so named by him in 1840; Pitman`s shorthand. 3. The automatic recording of sounds, as...
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8. phonograph
   phonograph: see record player.
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9. Phonograph
   The phonograph was a device invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 for recording and reproducing sounds upon tin foil. The phonograph consisted of a grooved cylinder, covered with tin foil. The cyclinder was revolved and slowly moved endways by means of turning a handle. On each side of the cylinder was ...
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10. Phonograph
    The `phonograph` (sound writer), `record player`, or `gramophone` (letter + sound) is a device introduced in 1877 that continued common use until the 1980s for reproducing (playing) sound recordings, although when first developed, the phonograph was used to both record and reproduce sounds. The reco...
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