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phonograph

[ foh-nuh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

  1. any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.


phonograph

/ 藞f蓹蕣n蓹藢伞r蓱藧f; -藢伞r忙f /

noun

  1. an early form of gramophone capable of recording and reproducing sound on wax cylinders
  2. Also calledgramophonerecord player 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of phonograph1

1825鈥35 in sense 鈥減honogram鈥; 1877 for the 鈥渢alking phonograph鈥 invented by T. A. Edison; phono- + -graph
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These funds were used to purchase local books, periodicals, phonograph records, and "other media" in multiple Indian languages, enriching collections at over two dozen universities.

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Ms. Stoneman made her mark in 1957 with her driving instrumental version of 鈥淟onesome Road Blues,鈥 which made her the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record.

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He was worried that it would look like a phonograph needle and cement the idea that the building was designed to look like a stack of records.

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Each spacecraft carries a golden record: a phonograph that includes greetings from languages around the world and a host of musical excerpts.

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There were newfangled inventions: player pianos, phonographs and nickelodeons.

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