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Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records.
Elliott Carter

Meaning of "phonograph" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHONOGRAPH

phonograph  [ˈfəʊnəˌɡrɑːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHONOGRAPH

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conjunction
determiner
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Phonograph 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 PHONOGRAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phonograph

Phonograph

The phonograph, also called gramophone or record player, is a device introduced in 1877 for the recording and reproduction of sound recordings. The sound vibration waveforms are preseved in the form of a groove engraved into the surface of a rotating cylinder or disc. As the recorded surface rotates, a playback stylus traces the waveforms and vibrates to reproduce the recorded sound waves. The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. While other inventors had produced devices that could record sounds, Edison's phonograph was the first to be able to reproduce the recorded sound. His phonograph originally recorded sound onto a tinfoil sheet phonograph cylinder, and could both record and reproduce sounds. Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory made several improvements in the 1880s, including the use of wax-coated cardboard cylinders, and a cutting stylus that moved from side to side in a "zig zag" pattern across the record. In the 1890s, Emile Berliner initiated the transition from phonograph cylinders to flat discs with a spiral groove running from the periphery to near the center.

Definition of phonograph in the English dictionary

The definition of phonograph in the dictionary is an early form of gramophone capable of recording and reproducing sound on wax cylinders. Other definition of phonograph is Also called: gramophone, record player a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHONOGRAPH


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
photograph
ˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf
photomicrograph
ˌfəʊtəʊˈmaɪkrəˌɡrɑːf
pictograph
ˈpɪktəˌɡrɑːf
seismograph
ˈsaɪzməˌɡrɑːf
spirograph
ˈspaɪrəˌɡrɑːf
tomograph
ˈtɒməˌɡrɑːf
typograph
ˈtaɪpəˌɡrɑːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHONOGRAPH

phono plug
phonocamptic
phonocardiogram
phonochemistry
phonofiddle
phonogram
phonogramic
phonogramically
phonogrammic
phonographer
phonographic
phonographist
phonography
phonolite
phonolitic
phonologic
phonological
phonologically
phonologies
phonologist

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHONOGRAPH

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 phonograph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phonograph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHONOGRAPH

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

Translator English - Chinese

留声机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fonógrafo
570 millions of speakers

English

phonograph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फोनोग्राफ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفونوغراف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фонограф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fonógrafo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধ্বনিনির্দেশক চিহ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phonographe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fonograf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grammophon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

蓄音機
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

축음기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phonograph
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

máy hát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போனோகிராப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोनोग्राफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fonograf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fonografo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fonograf
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фонограф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fonograf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωνογράφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fonograaf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grammofon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grammofon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phonograph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONOGRAPH»

The term «phonograph» is regularly used and occupies the 57.276 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHONOGRAPH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phonograph» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phonograph» 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 phonograph

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7 QUOTES WITH «PHONOGRAPH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word phonograph.
1
David Josiah Brewer
The phonograph and kinetoscope may some day seize and perpetuate all save the magnetic touch, but that weird, illusive, indefinable yet wonderfully real power by which the orator subdues may never be caught by science or preserved for the cruel dissecting knife of the critic.
2
Elliott Carter
Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records.
3
Jerry Hunt
My mother says I was vaccinated with a phonograph needle. I love to talk. I just love to talk.
4
Bert Kalmar
You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!
5
Laurel Lea
A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again.
6
Woody Norris
I became an inventor by accident. I was out of the Air Force in 1956. No, no, that's not true: I went in in 1956, came out in 1959, was working at the University of Washington, and I came up with an idea, from reading a magazine article, for a new kind of a phonograph tone arm.
7
Jesse Stone
Rhythm and blues started even before phonograph records were being produced because black people entertained themselves. It wasn't done for money. It was done for entertainment. Most white people didn't know anything about this because prejudice kept them from ever seeing what was going on.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHONOGRAPH»

Discover the use of phonograph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phonograph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Spiral Way: How the Phonograph Changed Ethnography
Erika Brady is an associate professor in the folk studies programs at Western Kentucky University.
Erika Brady, 2012
2
A Complete Manual of the Edison Phonograph
A Complete Manual of the Edison Phonograph By George E. Tewksbury With Introduction By Thomas A. Edison The preparation of this modest work has been undertaken for two reasons.
George E. Tewksbury, 2013
3
Antique phonograph: gadgets, gizmos, and gimmicks
Antique phonographs enjoyed a vigorous commercial existence 100 years ago, and have come to symbolize the romance and elegance of days gone by.
Timothy C. Fabrizio, George F. Paul, 1999
4
Recorded Music in American Life : The Phonograph and Popular ...
Throughout the book, Kenney argues that the phonograph and the recording industry served neither to impose a preference for high culture nor a degraded popular taste, but rather expressed a diverse set of sensibilities in which various ...
William Howland Kenney Professor of History and American Studies Kent State University, 1999
5
Spoken Word: Postwar American Phonograph Cultures
In this book, Jacob Smith surveys a diverse range of spoken word genres—including readings of classic works of literature and drama, comedy albums, children’s records, home therapy kits, even erotica—to illuminate this often ...
Jacob Smith, 2011
6
Antique phonograph accessories and contraptions
Here are gadgets to make any snake oil salesman proud, illustrated with 555 color photographs. To aid the collector there is a guide to current values.
Timothy C. Fabrizio, George F. Paul, 2003
7
Recorded Music in American Life: The Phonograph and Popular ...
William Howland Kenney offers a full account of what he calls "the 78 r.p.m. era" - from the formative early decades in which the giants of the record industry reigned supreme in the absence of radio, to the postwar proliferation of ...
William Howland Kenney, 1999
8
The Phonograph, and How to Construct It: With a Chapter on ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
W Gillett, 2012
9
Music, Sound, and Technology in America: A Documentary ...
This reader collects primary documents on the phonograph, cinema, and radio before WWII to show how Americans slowly came to grips with the idea of recorded and mediated sound.
Timothy D. Taylor, Mark Katz, Tony Grajeda, 2012
10
Counterfeit Phonograph Records: Hearing Before Subcommittee ...
Committee Serial No. 28. Considers H.R. 6354, to provide criminal penalties and allow for civil damage suits for interstate trafficking in counterfeit phonograph records.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, 1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHONOGRAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phonograph is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Happy 75th Birthday, Billboard Charts!
... "Records Most Popular on Music Machines" (compiled from national reports from phonograph operators); and, "Songs With the Most Radio ... «Billboard, Jul 15»
2
Seattle's Panama Hotel deemed a National Treasure
... skates, one-size-fits all stockings, a box of phonograph records, bed springs, books, a “Drink Coca-Cola” sign and a dismantled pool table. «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
3
Rest of the Story - July 26, 2015: The BHS school newspaper began …
A phonograph in a classroom would supply music, and students were invited to contribute some records. In the issue's sports news the Butler ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
4
?Joined together in love, and in death
And in the summer they rolled back the carpet in the house and they put phonograph records on and they danced." And they kept on dancing, ... «13WMAZ, Jul 15»
5
Making contact with alien worlds could make us care more about our …
In 1977, we worked with Carl Sagan and others to create the Voyager interstellar message, the golden phonograph records affixed to Nasa's ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
History: British publicist shared Palm Springs tales
I should have told you that I have a record for my phonograph of the St. Margaret's, Westminster, Chimes, Big Ben, the traffic noises, and the ... «The Desert Sun, Jul 15»
7
Sitting to the hounds
#One of these guys even had a phonograph record of a fox hunt. He and his buddies played it over and over. I kid you not. A record album! «The Albany Herald, Jul 15»
8
Antique Phonograph Society Coming to Southern California for Pair …
The Antique Phonograph Society comes to Southern California for two special events in August that pay tribute to the music of the early 20th ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
9
8 things you didn't know about the electric guitar
The way to do it is to take the needle and tone arm from the vinyl player's phonograph and attach them to the bridge of the guitar. The sound ... «PBS NewsHour, Jul 15»
10
Calloway's grandson leads band to Bix festival
I had a big stack of phonograph records and I'd play the two of them. "When I finally got the chance to see Granddad rehearse his band, then it ... «Quad City Times, Jul 15»

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