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phone
(mass) | phone
- telefón |
Phone
(gcide) | Phone \Phone\, n. [Colloq. for Telephone.]
1. An instrument that converts sound into signals that can be
transmitted over distances and then converts received
signals back into sounds; a telephone; as, I talked to him
on the phone.
Syn: telephone, telephone set.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Phonetics) An individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
language. A speech sound.
Syn: speech sound, sound.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. A device for converting electric signals into sounds; it
is held over or inserted into the ear.
Syn: earearpiece, headphone, phone.
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phone
(gcide) | phone \phone\, v. t.
To get or try to get into communication with, using a
telephone; as, I phoned him this morning.
Syn: call, telephone, call up, ring.
[PJC]
E. T. phone home. --E. T. (the
movie)
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gramophone record
(mass) | gramophone record
- doska |
microphone
(mass) | microphone
- mikrofón |
payphone
(mass) | pay-phone
- mincový telefón |
phone
(mass) | phone
- telefón |
phone up
(mass) | phone up
- zavolať |
phoney
(mass) | phoney
- falošný |
telephone
(mass) | telephone
- telefónny, telefón |
ear-phone
(encz) | ear-phone,sluchátko n: Zdeněk Brož |
pay-phone
(encz) | pay-phone, n: |
picture-phone
(encz) | picture-phone,videotelefon n: Pavel Cvrček |
Actinophone
(gcide) | Actinophone \Ac*tin"o*phone\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + ? voice.]
(Physics)
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the
actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
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Aerophone
(gcide) | Aerophone \A"["e]r*o*phone`\, n. [A["e]ro- + Gr. ? voice.]
(a) A form of combined speaking and ear trumpet.
(b) An instrument, proposed by Edison, for greatly
intensifying speech. It consists of a phonograph
diaphragm so arranged that its action opens and closes
valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to
operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of
vibration.
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allophone
(gcide) | allophone \allophone\ n.
any one of two or more speech sounds that considered variants
of the same phoneme. For example, the p sounds of pin and
spin are allophones of p; and the t sounds of toe stop and
catnip are allophones of t.
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Antiphone
(gcide) | Antiphone \An"ti*phone\, n. (Mus.)
The response which one side of the choir makes to the other
in a chant; alternate chanting or signing.
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Antiphoner
(gcide) | Antiphoner \An*tiph"o*ner\, n. [F. antiphonaire. See
Antiphon.]
A book of antiphons. --Chaucer.
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Asiphonea
(gcide) | Asiphonea \As`i*pho"ne*a\, Asiphonata \A*si`pho*na"ta\,
Asiphonida \As`i*phon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + ? a
tube.] (Zool.)
A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the
oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.
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Audiphone
(gcide) | Audiphone \Au"di*phone\, n. [L. audire to hear + Gr. ? sound.]
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound
to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or
less distinctly; a dentiphone.
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Auxetophone
(gcide) | Auxetophone \Aux*e"to*phone\, n. [Gr. ? that may be increased +
? sound, voice.]
A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the
recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces
much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary
vibrating disk reproducer. [obsolescent]
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Biophotophone
(gcide) | Biophotophone \Bi`o*pho"to*phone\, n. [Gr. bi`os life + photo +
fwnh` sound, voice.]
An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so
that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the
appropriate sounds; -- an archaic term replaced by {movie
projector}. [archaic]
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chordophone
(gcide) | chordophone \chordophone\ n. (Music)
a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes,
lyres, and zithers.
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Dentiphone
(gcide) | Dentiphone \Den"ti*phone\ (d[e^]n"t[i^]*f[=o]n), n. [L. dens,
dentis, tooth + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound
to the auditory nerve; an audiphone. --Knight.
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Dictaphone
(gcide) | Dictaphone \Dic"ta*phone\, n. [Dictate + -phone, as in
telephone.]
A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for
use in dictation, as in business.
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Ecphonema
(gcide) | Ecphonema \Ec`pho*ne"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a thing called out,
fr. ? to cry out; 'ek out + ? voice.] (Rhet.)
A breaking out with some interjectional particle.
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Ecphoneme
(gcide) | Ecphoneme \Ec"pho*neme\, n. [See Ecphonema.]
A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation. --G. Brown.
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Ecphonesis
(gcide) | Ecphonesis \Ec`pho*ne"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See
Ecphonema.] (Rhet.)
An animated or passionate exclamation.
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The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various.
--Gibbs.
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Electrophone
(gcide) | Electrophone \E*lec"tro*phone\, n. [Electro- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
(Physics)
An instrument for producing sound by means of electric
currents.
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Epiphonema
(gcide) | Epiphonema \Ep`i*pho*ne"ma\, n. [L., fr. Gr. 'epifw`nhma, fr.
'epifwnei^n to mention; 'epi` + fwnei^n to speak.] (Rhet.)
An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums
up or concludes a discourse.
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Epiphoneme
(gcide) | Epiphoneme \E*piph"o*neme\, n.
Epiphonema. [R.]
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Francophone
(gcide) | Francophone \Francophone\, Francophonic \Francophonic\prop. a.
Able to communicate in the French language; -- used
especially of those whose native language is French.
Syn: French-speaking.
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Gramophone
(gcide) | Gramophone \Gram"o*phone\, n. [Gr. ? a thing drawn or written
(fr. ? write) + -phone, as in telephone. Originally a
trademark.]
An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing
sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched
in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means
of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm. This older term
is almost completely replaced for modern devices by the word
phonograph (or hi-fi), and technological changes have
made the term sound antiquated, and it is usually used to
refer to older non-electronic versions of the phonograph.
[obsolescent]
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Graphophone
(gcide) | Graphophone \Graph"o*phone\, n. [Gr. ? to write + -phone, as in
telephone.]
A kind of photograph.
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Homophone
(gcide) | Homophone \Hom"o*phone\, n. [Cf. F. homophone. See
Homophonous.]
1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with
another. --Gliddon.
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2. A word having the same sound as another, but differing
from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and
awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright.
Homophonic |
Kaleidophone
(gcide) | Kaleidophon \Ka*lei"do*phon\, Kaleidophone \Ka*lei"do*phone\,
[Gr. ? beautiful + ? appearance, form + ? sound.] (Physics.)
An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of
a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin
plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light
reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding
with the musical notes produced by the vibrations.
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kinetophone
(gcide) | kinetophone \ki*ne"to*phone\, n. [See Kinetic, Phone.]
A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph
synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying
sounds. It has been superseded by recording techniques
allowing the sounds to be recorded directly on the
motion-picture film. [obsolescent]
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lavaliere microphone
(gcide) | lavaliere microphone \la`va`liere" mic"ro*phone\ n.
A small microphone worn around the neck on a supporting
string or chain.
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Megaphone
(gcide) | Megaphone \Meg"a*phone\, n. [Mega- + Gr. fwnh` voice.]
A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction
in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear
trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.
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Metallophone
(gcide) | Metallophone \Me*tal"lo*phone\, n. [L. metallum metal + Gr. ?
sound.] (Music)
(a) An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars
instead of strings.
(b) An instrument like the xylophone, but having metallic
instead of wooden bars.
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microphone
(gcide) | microphone \mi"cro*phone\ (m[imac]"kr[-o]*f[=o]n), n. [Micro- +
Gr. fwnh` sound, voice: cf. F. microphone.] (Physics)
An instrument for converting sounds into electrical signals,
for the purpose of recording or amplifying the sounds. It
produces its effects in various ways, as for example by the
changes of intensity in an electric current, occasioned by
the variations in the contact resistance of conducting
bodies, especially of imperfect conductors, under the action
of acoustic vibrations. Other forms of microphone may use
changes in capacitance or other phenomena to transduce the
sounds into electrical signals.
Note: The electrical signals produced in a microphone may be
transmitted to recording or amplifying equipment
through a conducting wire, or by transmission as radio
waves. The latter method is popular for use in small
mobile microphones used by performers in plays and
other entertainment events, at public meetings, and by
broadcast personnel.
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Osteophone
(gcide) | Osteophone \Os"te*o*phone\, n. [Gr. 'oste`on bone + fwnh`
voice.]
An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through
the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by
persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the
nervous apparatus of hearing.
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pay-phone
(gcide) | pay-phone \pay-phone\ n.
1. a coin-operated telephone.
Syn: pay-station.
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Phone
(gcide) | Phone \Phone\, n. [Colloq. for Telephone.]
1. An instrument that converts sound into signals that can be
transmitted over distances and then converts received
signals back into sounds; a telephone; as, I talked to him
on the phone.
Syn: telephone, telephone set.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Phonetics) An individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
language. A speech sound.
Syn: speech sound, sound.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. A device for converting electric signals into sounds; it
is held over or inserted into the ear.
Syn: earearpiece, headphone, phone.
[WordNet 1.5]phone \phone\, v. t.
To get or try to get into communication with, using a
telephone; as, I phoned him this morning.
Syn: call, telephone, call up, ring.
[PJC]
E. T. phone home. --E. T. (the
movie)
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phone
(gcide) | Phone \Phone\, n. [Colloq. for Telephone.]
1. An instrument that converts sound into signals that can be
transmitted over distances and then converts received
signals back into sounds; a telephone; as, I talked to him
on the phone.
Syn: telephone, telephone set.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Phonetics) An individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some
language. A speech sound.
Syn: speech sound, sound.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. A device for converting electric signals into sounds; it
is held over or inserted into the ear.
Syn: earearpiece, headphone, phone.
[WordNet 1.5]phone \phone\, v. t.
To get or try to get into communication with, using a
telephone; as, I phoned him this morning.
Syn: call, telephone, call up, ring.
[PJC]
E. T. phone home. --E. T. (the
movie)
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Phoneidoscope
(gcide) | Phoneidoscope \Pho*nei"do*scope\, n. [Phono- + Gr. e'i^dos form
+ -scope.] (Physics)
An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by
optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which
is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give
colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by
sonorous vibrations.
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phone-in
(gcide) | phone-in \phone-in\ n.
A radio or telephone program, or part of a program, during
which the audience participates by telephone.
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phoneme
(gcide) | phoneme \pho"neme\ (f[=o]"n[-e]m) n. (Linguistics)
One of a small set of speech sounds that are used by and
distinguished by the speakers of a particular language. They
are combined into morphemes, words, and sentences.
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phonemic
(gcide) | phonemic \pho*ne"mic\ (f[-o]*n[=e]"m[i^]k), adj. (Linguistics)
Of or pertaining to a phoneme; as, phonemic analysis.
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phonemics
(gcide) | phonemics \pho*ne"mics\ (f[-o]*n[=e]"m[i^]ks), n. (Linguistics)
The study of the sound system of a given language and the
analysis and classification of its phonemes.
Syn: phonology.
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Phonetic
(gcide) | Phonetic \Pho*net"ic\ (f[-o]*n[e^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. fwnhtiko`s,
fr. fwnh` a sound, tone; akin to Gr. fa`nai to speak: cf. F.
phon['e]tique. See Ban a proclamation.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
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2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed
to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
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Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each
representing one sound only; -- contrasted with {Romanic
spelling}, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
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Phonetic spelling
(gcide) | Phonetic \Pho*net"ic\ (f[-o]*n[e^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. fwnhtiko`s,
fr. fwnh` a sound, tone; akin to Gr. fa`nai to speak: cf. F.
phon['e]tique. See Ban a proclamation.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
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2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed
to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
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Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each
representing one sound only; -- contrasted with {Romanic
spelling}, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.
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Phonetically
(gcide) | Phonetically \Pho*net"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a phonetic manner.
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Phonetician
(gcide) | Phonetician \Pho`ne*ti"cian\ (f[=o]`n[-e]*t[i^]sh"an), n.
One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
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Phonetics
(gcide) | Phonetics \Pho*net"ics\ (f[-o]*n[e^]t"[i^]ks), n.
1. The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the
human voice; phonology.
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2. The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written
characters.
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Phonetism
(gcide) | Phonetism \Pho"ne*tism\ (f[=o]"n[-e]*t[i^]z'm), n.
The science which treats of vocal sounds. --J. Peile.
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Phonetist
(gcide) | Phonetist \Pho"ne*tist\ (f[=o]"n[-e]*t[i^]st), n.
1. One versed in phonetics; a phonologist.
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2. One who advocates a phonetic spelling.
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Phonetization
(gcide) | Phonetization \Pho`ne*ti*za"tion\
(f[=o]`n[-e]*t[i^]*z[=a]"sh[u^]n; 277), n.
The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phonetic
signs.
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Phonetize
(gcide) | Phonetize \Pho"ne*tize\, v. t.
To represent by phonetic signs. --Lowell.
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phoney
(gcide) | phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled phony.]
[Compar. phonier; superl. phoniest.]
1. Imitating something superior; intended to deceive;
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine;
false; counterfeit; fake; as, a phoney diamond; a phoney
hundred-dollar bill.
Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake, ersatz; fraudulent; false.
[PJC]
2. Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false
appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
[PJC]phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n.
Something or someone that is phoney. [Also spelled phony.]
[PJC]phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled phoney.]
[Compar. phonier; superl. phoniest.]
1. imitating something superior; intended to deceive;
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine;
counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony
hundred-dollar bill.
Syn: phoney, bogus, counterfeit, fake.
[PJC]
2. Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false
appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
[PJC]phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n.
Something or someone that is phony. [Also spelled phoney.]
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Photographone
(gcide) | Photographone \Pho*tog"ra*phone\, n. [See Photograph;
-phone.]
A device, consisting essentially of an electric arc and a
camera, by which a series of photographs of the variations of
the arc due to sound waves are obtained for reproduction by
means of a selenium cell and a telephone.
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Photophone
(gcide) | Photophone \Pho"to*phone\ (f[=o]"t[-o]*f[=o]n), n. [Photo- + Gr.
fwnh` sound.] (Physics)
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of
rays of light. --A. G. Bell.
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Polyphone
(gcide) | Polyphone \Pol"y*phone\, n.
A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound,
as read, which is pronounced r[=e]d or r[e^]d.
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Pyrophone
(gcide) | Pyrophone \Pyr"o*phone\, n. [Pyro- + Gr. ? sound.]
A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by
flames of hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of
different sizes and lengths.
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Radiophone
(gcide) | Radiophone \Ra"di*o*phone\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[-o]*f[=o]n), n. [Radio-
+ Gr. fwnh` sound.]
1. (Physics) An apparatus for the production of sound by the
action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the
same as the photophone.
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2. a telephone using radio waves, rather than wires, to
convey the voice signal.
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Radiotelephone
(gcide) | Radiotelephone \Ra`di*o*tel"e*phone\
(r[=a]`d[i^]*[o^]*t[e^]l"[-e]*f[=o]n), n.
A wireless telephone, in which the signal is conveyed by
radio waves. -- Ra`di*o*te*leph"o*ny, n.
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Saxophone
(gcide) | Saxophone \Sax"o*phone\, n. [A.A.J. Sax, the inventor (see
Saxhorn) + Gr. ? tone.] (Mus.)
A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking
of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a
clarinet.
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Siphonet
(gcide) | Siphonet \Si"phon*et\, n. (Zool.)
One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of
the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See
Illust. under Aphis.
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Spectrophone
(gcide) | Spectrophone \Spec"tro*phone\, n. [Spectrum + Gr. ? sound.]
An instrument constructed on the principle of the photophone
and used in spectrum analysis as an adjunct to the
spectroscope. -- Spec`tro*phon"ic, a.
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Sphygmophone
(gcide) | Sphygmophone \Sphyg"mo*phone\, n. [Gr. ??? the pulse + ???
sound.] (Physiol.)
An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the
rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance.
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Strepera anaphonesis
(gcide) | Squeaker \Squeak"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, squeaks.
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2. (Zool.) The Australian gray crow shrike ({Strepera
anaphonesis}); -- so called from its note.
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3.
(a) A contest won by a small margin.
(b) A narrow escape from harm. [Colloq.]
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Sulphone
(gcide) | Sulphone \Sul"phone\, n. (Chem.)
Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones,
and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two
hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH?)?.SO?.
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Synecphonesis
(gcide) | Synecphonesis \Syn*ec`pho*ne"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to
utter together.] (Gram.)
A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.
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Techniphone
(gcide) | Techniphone \Tech"ni*phone\, n. [Gr. ? art + -phone.] (Music)
A dumb gymnastic apparatus for training the hands of pianists
and organists, as to a legato touch.
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Telegraphone
(gcide) | Telegraphone \Te*leg"ra*phone\, n. [Gr. th^le far + -graph + ?
sound.]
An instrument for recording and reproducing sound by local
magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against
the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone
receiver, or the like.
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Telephone
(gcide) | Telephone \Tel"e*phone\, n. [Gr. ? far off + ? sound.] (Physics)
An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate
speech, at a distance.
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Note: The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device
by which currents of electricity, produced by sounds
through the agency of certain mechanical devices and
exactly corresponding in duration and intensity to the
vibrations of the air which attend them, are
transmitted to a distant station, and there, acting on
suitable mechanism, reproduce similar sounds by
repeating the vibrations. The necessary variations in
the electrical currents are usually produced by means
of a microphone attached to a thin diaphragm upon which
the voice acts, and are intensified by means of an
induction coil. In the magnetic telephone, or
magneto-telephone, the diaphragm is of soft iron placed
close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a
coil of fine wire, and its vibrations produce
corresponding vibrable currents in the wire by
induction. The mechanical, or string, telephone is a
device in which the voice or sound causes vibrations in
a thin diaphragm, which are directly transmitted along
a wire or string connecting it to a similar diaphragm
at the remote station, thus reproducing the sound. It
does not employ electricity.
[1913 Webster]Telephone \Tel"e*phone\, v. t.
To convey or announce by telephone.
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Telephone exchange
(gcide) | Telephone exchange \Tel`e*phone ex*change"\
A central office in which the wires of telephones from local
subscribers may be connected by switches to other local
telephones or to long-distance lines, to permit transmission
of conversation or data.
Note: In the late 1990's the traditional copper wires
connecting local telephones to the telephone exchange
have begun to be replaced with optical fiber
connections.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]exchange \ex*change"\ ([e^]ks*ch[=a]nj"), n. [OE. eschange,
eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. ['e]changer, to
exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See Change, and cf.
Excamb.]
1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for
another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an
exchange of cattle for grain.
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2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another;
as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a
sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving
reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.
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3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication
exchanged for another. --Shak.
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4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between
parties residing at a distance from each other, without
the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts,
called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one
country and payable in another, in which case they are
called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made
payable in the same country, in which case they are called
inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often
abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange.
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Note: A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in
London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws
a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London
purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due
from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New
York, who receives the amount from B.
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5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in
consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be
equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple.
--Blackstone.
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6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a
city meet at certain hours, to transact business; also,
the institution which sets regulations and maintains the
physical facilities of such a place; as, the New York
Stock Exchange; a commodity exchange. In this sense the
word was at one time often contracted to 'change
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Arbitration of exchange. See under Arbitration.
Bill of exchange. See under Bill.
Exchange broker. See under Broker.
Par of exchange, the established value of the coin or
standard of value of one country when expressed in the
coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound
sterling in the currency of France or the United States.
The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure
for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the
demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a
bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds
sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange
is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at
or above par.
Telephone exchange, a central office in which the wires of
any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected
to permit conversation.
Syn: Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.
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