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PRONUNCIATION OF PHONAUTOGRAPH

phonautograph  [fəʊˈnɔːtəˌɡrɑːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHONAUTOGRAPH

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Phonautograph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHONAUTOGRAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phonautograph

Phonautograph

The phonautograph is the earliest known device for recording sound. Previously, tracings had been obtained of the sound-producing vibratory motions of tuning forks and other objects by physical contact with them, but not of actual sound waves as they propagated through air or other media. Invented by Frenchman Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, it was patented on March 25, 1857. It transcribed sound waves as undulations or other deviations in a line traced on smoke-blackened paper or glass. Intended solely as a laboratory instrument for the study of acoustics, it could be used to visually study and measure the amplitude envelopes and waveforms of speech and other sounds, or to determine the frequency of a given musical pitch by comparison with a simultaneously recorded reference frequency. Apparently, it did not occur to anyone before the 1870s that the recordings, called phonautograms, contained enough information about the sound that they could, in theory, be used to recreate it. Because the phonautogram tracing was an insubstantial two-dimensional line, direct physical playback was impossible in any case.

Definition of phonautograph in the English dictionary

The definition of phonautograph in the dictionary is a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHONAUTOGRAPH


autograph
ˈɔːtəˌɡrɑːf
biograph
ˈbaɪəˌɡrɑːf
chromatograph
krəˈmætəˌɡrɑːf
chromolithograph
ˌkrəʊməʊˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
chronograph
ˈkrɒnəˌɡrɑːf
cinematograph
ˌsɪnɪˈmætəˌɡrɑːf
hydrograph
ˈhaɪdrəˌɡrɑːf
lithograph
ˈlɪθəˌɡrɑːf
Mimeograph
ˈmɪmɪəˌɡrɑːf
monograph
ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf
pantagraph
ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf
pantograph
ˈpæntəˌɡrɑːf
paragraph
ˈpærəˌɡrɑːf
phonograph
ˈfəʊnəˌɡrɑːf
photograph
ˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf
photomicrograph
ˌfəʊtəʊˈmaɪkrəˌɡrɑːf
pictograph
ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf
seismograph
ˈsaɪzməˌɡrɑːf
spirograph
ˈspaɪrəˌɡrɑːf
typograph
ˈtaɪpəˌɡrɑːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHONAUTOGRAPH

phon
phon.
phonal
phonasthenia
phonate
phonathon
phonation
phonatory
phonautographic
phone
phone bill
phone book
phone booth
phone box
phone call
phone in
phone number
phone sex
phone tap
phone tapping

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHONAUTOGRAPH

bar graph
cerograph
choreograph
color photograph
colour photograph
digraph
electrocardiograph
electron micrograph
graph
hectograph
holograph
ideograph
micrograph
polygraph
radiograph
seraph
spectrograph
stereograph
subgraph
subparagraph
telegraph

Synonyms and antonyms of phonautograph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phonautograph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHONAUTOGRAPH

Find out the translation of phonautograph to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phonautograph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phonautograph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

phonautograph
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fonoautógrafo
570 millions of speakers

English

phonautograph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phonautograph
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مسجل التصويت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

phonautograph
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fonoautógrafo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধ্বনি-কম্পন লিপিবদ্ধ করিবার যন্ত্রবিশেষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phonautograph
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phonautograph
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

phonautograph
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

phonautograph
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phonautograph
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phonautograph
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phonautograph
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phonautograph
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोनोटोग्राफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

phonautograph
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phonautograph
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phonautograph
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

phonautograph
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phonautograph
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phonautograph
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phonautograph
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phonautograph
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phonautograph
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phonautograph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONAUTOGRAPH»

The term «phonautograph» is used very little and occupies the 177.790 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONAUTOGRAPH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phonautograph» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phonautograph» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phonautograph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHONAUTOGRAPH»

Discover the use of phonautograph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phonautograph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sound Recording: The Life Story of a Technology
Joseph Henry of the Smithsonian Institution also purchased a phonautograph in 1866 and used it for experiments and demonstrations, and he might have recorded famous voices, although apparently none of these have survived, either .
David Morton, 2006
2
The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction
The bite marks on some of his experimental phonographs demonstrate a mode of hearing twice in need of supplementation — once from the machine and once from the bone conduction of his jaw.18 Although the ear phonautograph wound ...
Jonathan Sterne, 2003
3
Altered Sensations: Rudolph Koenig’s Acoustical Workshop in ...
Just as Koenig began business in 1858, he became involved in the construction of the phonautograph, an instrument that recorded sounds directly from the air. It was a precursor to the Edison phonograph (in conception and appearance) and  ...
David Pantalony, 2009
4
Alexander Graham Bell: Giving Voice to the World
Bell built a phonautograph using a real human ear because of the sensitivity of the earbones. word made by a phonautograph, they would know that their own pronunciation of the word was correct when they created a vocal pattern that ...
Mary Kay Carson, 2007
5
Phonautograph
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The phonautograph is the earliest known device for recording sound.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2011
6
Why You Hear what You Hear: An Experiential Approach to ...
From A. B. Pippard, The Physics of Vibration, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, p. 42. Reprinted with permission of Cambridge University Press. Phonautograph—Sound Trace Thomas Edison is usually credited with making the first ...
Eric Johnson Heller, 2013
7
Researches in Experimental Phonetics
The earliest method was that of Scott's phonautograph (1856), wherein the air vibrations passed down a trumpet or tube to a thin, soft membrane; a light lever recorded its vibrations on a revolving cylinder coated with oke. The phonautograph ...
E.W. Scripture
8
Transforming Nature: Ethics, Invention and Discovery
Since Bell could not physically record the manometric flame patterns using photography and since the patterns were difficult to discern, he concentrated on another device, the phonautograph, which he also saw at the Institute of Technology.
Michael E. Gorman, 1998
9
Instruments and the Imagination
6.14 and 6.15).53 Describing his invention to the Société d'encouragement in November 1857, Scott explained his ambition “to force nature to constitute herself a general written language of all sounds.”54 He knew that phonautograph traces  ...
Thomas L. Hankins, Robert J. Silverman, 2014
10
Media Technology and Society: A History: From the Telegraph ...
For example, acoustic experiments conducted in the early nineteenth century by Young prompted Leon Scott de Martin- ville to introduce, in 1855, the phonautograph, or sound-writer, a contrivance designed to listen (as it were) rather than to ...
Brian Winston, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHONAUTOGRAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phonautograph is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How did classical vinyl make an improbable return?
Historians of early sound reproduction tell of an obscure and long-vanished invention called the “ear phonautograph,” built by Alexander ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
2
How did vinyl make an improbable return?
Historians of early sound reproduction tell of an obscure and long-vanished invention called the “ear phonautograph,” built by Alexander ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
3
SoundCloud Is Leading The Way In The Audio Community's …
Since that time, sound recording devices have evolved from the phonautograph to the iPhone, and the method in which we listen to our favorite ... «AllHipHop, Feb 15»
4
Cowboys and Indies: the Epic History of the Record Industry by …
The “phonautograph” was patented in 1857 by a French typesetter, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. He mimicked nature to create a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
5
Girls, Girls, Girls: Grab Mötley Crüe's Greatest Hits Album for Free on …
In my day we used phonautograph and we loved it. mcdonsco. I'm older as well and remember the awesomeness of the Dr Feel Good album ... «Droid Life, Jan 15»
6
6 of the Creepiest Sounds Ever Recorded
The first ever sound recording, made in 1860 by Frenchman Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville and his phonautograph. This is meant to be a ... «moviepilot.com, Jan 15»
7
Why Inventors Misjudge How We'll Abuse Their Creations
The stylus would etch the waves on a page darkened by the carbon of lampblack. He called his invention a phonautograph: the self-writing of ... «Wired, Oct 14»
8
4 Big&Picture Lessons In Innovation From Steven Johnson And …
He was a Parisian who created the phonautograph, a machine that recorded sound, two decades before Thomas Edison invented the ... «Co.Create, Oct 14»
9
Author Steve Johnson guides us to the present
Johnson cites France's Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, who made the world's first sound recorder, called the "phonautograph" -- but ... «San Jose Mercury News, Oct 14»
10
A Fundamental Rupture: "Itself Not So" at Lisa Cooley
... paper with etched soundwaves of the words AFTER, BEFORE, AFTER, having been spoken aloud and transcribed using a phonautograph.”. «Hyperallergic, Aug 14»

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