pho·no·graph

(fō′nə-grăf′)

A machine that reproduces sound by means of a stylus in contact with a grooved rotating disk.

pho′no·graph′ic adj.

pho′no·graph′i·cal·ly adv.

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phonograph

(ˈfəʊnəˌɡrɑːf; -ˌɡræf)

1. (Music, other) an early form of gramophone capable of recording and reproducing sound on wax cylinders

2. (Music, other) Also called: gramophone or record player US and Canadian a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn

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pho•no•graph

(ˈfoʊ nəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf)

n.

any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or grooved disks.

[1877]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

phonograph - machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

record player

audio system, sound system - a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound

cartridge, pickup - an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable

acoustic gramophone, gramophone - an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically

jukebox, nickelodeon - a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin

machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

radio chassis - a chassis for a radio receiver

auto-changer, record changer, changer - an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention

pickup arm, tone arm, pickup - mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

turntable - a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played

Translations

فونوغْراف: الحاكي

gramofon

pladespiller

φωνογράφος

phonographe

fonografo grammofono

fonografas

gramofons

fonógrafo

gramofon

电唱机留声机

phonograph

[ˈfəʊnəgrɑːf] N (US) → fonógrafo m, tocadiscos m inv

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phonograph

[ˈfəʊnəgrɑːf] n (US) → électrophone m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

phonograph

n (old, US) → Phonograph m

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phonograph

[ˈfəʊnəˌgrɑːf] (old) n → fonografo (Am) → giradischi m inv

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phonograph

(ˈfəunəgraːf) , (ˈfounəgraf) noun

(American) a gramophone.

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As he spoke he went to a phonograph, which screwed fast to a small table, and wound up the spring of the instrument and adjusted the big gold horn.

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He arose and went over to the big phonograph; but before the disc started, and while he was winding the machine, he heard her saying:

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In this corner stands a flat writing-table, on which are a phonograph, a laryngoscope, a row of tiny organ pipes with a bellows, a set of lamp chimneys for singing flames with burners attached to a gas plug in the wall by an indiarubber tube, several tuning-forks of different sizes, a life-size image of half a human head, showing in section the vocal organs, and a box containing a supply of wax cylinders for the phonograph.

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"Sounds to me like a played-out phonograph," said the shaggy man, lifting his enormous ears to listen.

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The telegraph, the telephone, the phonograph, the type- writer, the sewing-machine, and all the thousand will- ing and handy servants of steam and electricity were working their way into favor.

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At 7:30 the couple in the next room began to quarrel: the man in the room above sought for A on his flute; the gas went a little lower; three coal wagons started to unload--the only sound of which the phonograph is jealous; cats on the back fences slowly retreated toward Mukden.

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And it never goes high up, or sharp, or squeaky, or scratchy, like some women's voices when they're mad, or fresh, or excited, till they remind me of a bum phonograph record.

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"What in thunder is it?" "The song of Fin McCoul," said the cook, "when he wass going to Norway." His English was not thick, but all clear-cut, as though it came from a phonograph.

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In the living- room, where were the eating-table, the billiard-table, and the phonograph, stood stands of rifles, and in each bedroom, beside each bed, ready to hand, had been revolvers and rifles.

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Something long and round bent under the pressure, there was a whirr and the voice stopped - as voices must if you ram a thrice-doubled coat on to the wax cylinder and into the works of an expensive phonograph. Kim finished his slumbers with a serene mind.

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He ceased; and there arose from the little buzzing creature a tiny, low, monotonous, but distinct tinkling, as from one of your Spaceland phonographs, from which I caught these words, "Infinite beatitude of existence!

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"You are like one of these phonographs, Walker," said he; "you have had all this talked into you, and now you are reeling it off again.

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