| phonogram | 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. Origin: Phono- + -gram. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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