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n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ PJC ]

n. (Mus.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. antiphonaire. See Antiphon. ] A book of antiphons. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a tube. ] (Zool.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. audire to hear + Gr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; that may be increased + &unr_; 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 ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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 ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Music) a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + Gr. fwnh` sound. ] An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dictate + -phone, as in telephone. ] A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for use in dictation, as in business. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a thing called out, fr. &unr_; to cry out; 'ek out + &unr_; voice. ] (Rhet.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ecphonema. ] A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation. G. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Ecphonema. ] (Rhet.) An animated or passionate exclamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Electro- + Gr. fwnh` sound. ] (Physics) An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Epiphonema. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Able to communicate in the French language; -- used especially of those whose native language is French.
Syn. -- French-speaking. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a thing drawn or written (fr. &unr_; 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 ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to write + -phone, as in telephone. ] A kind of photograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. homophone. See Homophonous. ] 1. A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Gliddon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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.

{ } [ Gr. &unr_; beautiful + &unr_; appearance, form + &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. A small microphone worn around the neck on a supporting string or chain. [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. metallum metal + Gr. &unr_; 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. 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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a coin-operated telephone.
Syn. -- pay-station. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

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) [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A radio or telephone program, or part of a program, during which the audience participates by telephone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>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. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

adj. (Linguistics) Of or pertaining to a phoneme; as, phonemic analysis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Linguistics) The study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes.
Syn. -- phonology. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. fwnhtiko`s, fr. fwnh` a sound, tone; akin to Gr. fa`nai to speak: cf. F. phonétique. See Ban a proclamation. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a phonetic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in phonetics; a phonetist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The doctrine or science of sounds; especially those of the human voice; phonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written characters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science which treats of vocal sounds. J. Peile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One versed in phonetics; a phonologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who advocates a phonetic spelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act, art, or process of representing sounds by phonetic signs. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To represent by phonetic signs. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something or someone that is phoney. [ Also spelled phony. ] [ PJC ]

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 ]

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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Photo- + Gr. fwnh` sound. ] (Physics) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of rays of light. A. G. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]