phonograph

phonograph
phonograph 1835, "character representing a sound," lit. "writer of sounds," from Gk. phono- "sound" + -graphos "writing, writer." Phonographic (1840) originally was in ref. to shorthand; meaning "of an instrument that produces sounds from records" (talking phonograph, invented by Thomas A. Edison in 1877) it is attested from 1878. The recording made from it at first was called a phonogram (1879).

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  • Phonograph — (griech., Laut , Klangschreiber), von Edison 1877 erfundener Apparat, der die menschliche Sprache sowie Töne und Laute jeder Art auszeichnet und nach Belieben wieder zu Gehör bringt. Fig. 1. Phonograph. Das Prinzip des Apparats ist aus Fig. 1 und …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Phonograph — Pho no*graph, n. [Phono + graph.] 1. A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one used in phonography. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physics) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Phonograph — Phonograph. Der von Edison 1878 erfundene Phonograph ist aus dem Phonautograph (s.d.) hervorgegangen. Er unterscheidet sich dadurch von diesem, daß er nicht zur Uebertragung der Schallwellen in eine sichtbare, die Wellenformen charakterisierende… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Phonograph — Phonogrāph (grch.), ein von Edison 1877 erfundener akustischer Apparat, Laute zu fixieren und beliebig wiederzugeben; eine durch die Schallwellen in Schwingungen versetzte dünne Membran macht mittels eines Stichels Eindrücke auf eine rotierende… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • phonograph — is now disused in BrE as a term for a type of gramophone, but is still used in AmE for any type of gramophone or record player (before the development of the compact disc) …   Modern English usage

  • phonograph — ► NOUN 1) Brit. an early form of gramophone. 2) N. Amer. a record player. DERIVATIVES phonographic adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • phonograph — ☆ phonograph [fō′nə graf΄] n. [ PHONO + GRAPH ] a device for reproducing sound that has been mechanically transcribed in a spiral groove on a circular disk or cylinder: a stylus following the groove in the revolving disk or cylinder transmits… …   English World dictionary

  • Phonograph — Turntable redirects here. For other uses, see Turntable (disambiguation). Edison cylinder phonograph ca. 1899 …   Wikipedia

  • Phonograph — Thomas Alva Edison mit seinem leicht verbesserten Zinnfolien Phonographen von 1878 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • phonograph — /foh neuh graf , grahf /, n. any sound reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs. [1825 35 in sense phonogram ; 1877 for the talking phonograph invented by T. A. Edison; PHONO + GRAPH] * * * or record player Instrument… …   Universalium

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