PHONOGRAPH

Phonograph

The phonograph, record player, or gramophone, is a device introduced in 1877 for the recording and reproduction of sound recordings. The recordings played on such a device consist of waveforms that are engraved onto a rotating cylinder or disc. As the cylinder or disc rotates, a stylus or needle traces the waveforms and vibrates to reproduce the recorded sound waves.

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phonograph

Noun

  1. Literally, a device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
  2. A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
  3. A turntable, especially an early, archaic record player.
  4. A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.

Verb

  1. To record for playback by phonograph.
  2. To transcribe into phonographic symbols.


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