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gram·o·phone
(grăm′ə-fōn′)n.
A record player; a phonograph.
[Originally a trademark.]
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gramophone
(ˈɡræməˌfəʊn)n
1. (Music, other)
a. Also called: acoustic gramophone 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. US and Canadian name: phonograph
b. (as modifier): a gramophone record.
2. (Music, other) the technique and practice of recording sound on disc: the gramophone has made music widely available.
[C19: originally a trademark, perhaps based on an inversion of phonogram; see phono-, -gram]
gramophonic adj
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gram•o•phone
(ˈgræm əˌfoʊn)n.
Chiefly Brit. phonograph.
[1887; orig. a trademark; appar. inversion of phonogram a phonographic cylinder]
gram`o•phon′ic (-ˈfɒn ɪk) gram`o•phon′i•cal, adj.
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gramophone
British. phonograph.
See also: Phonograph Recordsan instrument for reproducing sound from records; phonograph.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() phonograph, record player - machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically Victrola - a brand of gramophone |
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Translations
الغراموفون: الحاكي
gramofon
grammofon
plötuspilari
gramofonas
gramofons
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gramophone
[ˈgræməfəʊn] n (British) → gramophone mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
gramophone
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gramophone
(ˈgrӕməfoun) noun (American ˈphonograph) the old name for a record-player.
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