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{ , a. Harsh-sounding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Euphony. ] (Mus.) An instrument resembling the organ in tone and the upright piano in form. It is characterized by great strength and sweetness of tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Euphonious. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the same + &unr_; sound, tone: cf. F. homophone. ] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. (b) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to a homophone or homophony; as, homophonous words. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Megalo- + Gr. fwnh` voice. ] Having a loud voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; microcoustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. morfh` form + &unr_; a law. ] (Biol.) The laws of organic formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A South American butterfly (Ithonia phono) having nearly transparent wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form from Gr. fwnh` sound, tone; as, phonograph, phonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Phono- + Gr. ka`mptein to bend: cf. F. phonocamptique. ] Reflecting sound. [ R. ] “Phonocamptic objects.” Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phono- + -gram. ] 1. A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs, which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs, which stand for the articulations of which words are composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which represent the elementary sounds into which the syllable can be resolved. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to a phonogram. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Phono- + -graph. ] 1. A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one used in phonography. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. An early simple version consisted of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration, and reproduce the sound. Modern versions use electronic circuitry and various more stable recording media to record sound more accurately. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

3. An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially music, previously recorded on a plastic cylinder or disk as a pattern of bumps or wiggles in a groove. A needle (stylus) held in the groove is made to vibrate by motion (rotation) of the recording, and the vibrations caused by the bumps and wiggles are transmitted directly to a membrane, or first transduced into electrical impulses and sent to an electronic amplifier circuit, thereby reproducing with greater or less fidelity the original sounds. A phonograph which is equipped with electronics enabling the playback of sound with high fidelity to the original is often called a hi-fi. In the 1990's such devices are beginning to be replaced in many homes by compact disk players; the production of plastic recordings of music for playback on a phonograph has almost ceased for entertainment purposes. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One versed or skilled in phonography. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, the phonograph. See Phonograph, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. phonographique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to phonography; based upon phonography. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to phonograph; done by the phonograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a phonographic manner; by means of phonograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Phonographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phono- + -graphy. ] 1. A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The consonants are represented by straight lines and curves; the vowels by dots and short dashes; but by skilled phonographers, in rapid work, most vowel marks are omitted, and brief symbols for common words and combinations of words are extensively employed. The following line is an example of phonography, in which all the sounds are indicated: -- [ 1913 Webster ] [ 1913 Webster ] They also serve who only stand and wait. Milton.

3. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phono- + -lite: cf. F. phonolithe. ] (Min.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, haüynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A phonologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to phonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in phonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phono- + -logy. ] The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phono- + -meter. ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their intensity, or the frequency of the vibrations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phono- + -motor. ] (Physics) An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Phono-, and Organon. ] A speaking machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phono- + -scope. ] (Physics) (a) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by König for testing the quality of musical strings. (b) An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phono- + -type. ] A type or character used in phonotypy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in phonotypy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Polyphonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Siphon, and Branchia. ] (Zool.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata. -- n. One of the Siphonobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Siphon + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to engrave. ] (Zool.) A gonidium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a siphon + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Belonging to the Siphonophora. -- n. One of the Siphonophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Siphonophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Siphon, and -poda. ] (Zool.) A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Siphon, and Stoma. ] (Zool.) (a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood. (b) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods. (b) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a siphon + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) (a) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata. (b) A siphonostomatous shell. [ 1913 Webster ]