| 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 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. Origin: Phono- + -graph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| phonographer | 1. One versed or skilled in phonography. 2. One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, the phonograph. See Phonograph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phonographic | 1. Of or pertaining to phonography; based upon phonography. 2. Of or pertaining to phonograph; done by the phonograph. Origin: Cf. F. Phonographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phonographical | 1. Of or pertaining to phonography; based upon phonography. 2. Of or pertaining to phonograph; done by the phonograph. Origin: Cf. F. Phonographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phonographically | In a phonographic manner; by means of phonograph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phonographist | 1. One versed or skilled in phonography. 2. One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, the phonograph. See Phonograph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| phonography | 1. A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech. 2. A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters. The consonants are represented by straight lines and curves; the vowels by dots and short dashes; but by skilled phonographers, in rapid work, most vowel marks are omitted, and brief symbols for common words and combinations of words are extensively employed. The following line is an example of phonography, in which all the sounds are indicated: "They also serve who only stand and wait." (Milton) 3. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph. Origin: Phono-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |