Associations to the word «Phonograph»

Wiktionary

PHONOGRAPH, noun. Literally, a device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
PHONOGRAPH, noun. (British) (historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
PHONOGRAPH, noun. (North America) Early term for a record player.
PHONOGRAPH, noun. (dated) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.
PHONOGRAPH, verb. (transitive) (dated) To record for playback by phonograph.
PHONOGRAPH, verb. (transitive) (dated) To transcribe into phonographic symbols.
PHONOGRAPH RECORD, noun. A disk usually made of a polymer used to record sound for playback on a phonograph.
PHONOGRAPH RECORDS, noun. Plural of phonograph record

Dictionary definition

PHONOGRAPH, noun. Machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically.

Wise words

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