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photophony

Meaning of "photophony" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PHOTOPHONY

fəˈtɒfənɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHOTOPHONY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Photophony 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 PHOTOPHONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of photophony in the English dictionary

The definition of photophony in the dictionary is the practice of using a photophone.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHOTOPHONY

acrophony · ambiophony · angelophany · apophony · autophony · cacophony · Christophany · colophony · gramophony · heterophony · homophony · monophony · quadraphony · quadrophony · radiophony · satanophany · stereophony · tautophony · theophany · Zoffany

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHOTOPHONY

photophase · photophil · photophilic · photophilous · photophily · photophobe · photophobia · photophobic · photophone · photophonic · photophore · photophoreses · photophoresis · photopia · photopic · photoplay · photopolymer · photopositive · photoproduct · photoproduction

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHOTOPHONY

Anthony · antiphony · aphony · autochthony · ciphony · diaphony · dodecaphony · euphony · laryngophony · phony · polyphony · radiotelephony · symphony · telephony · wireless telephony

Synonyms and antonyms of photophony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «photophony» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PHOTOPHONY

Find out the translation of photophony to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of photophony from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «photophony» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

photophony
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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photophony
570 millions of speakers
en

English

photophony
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

photophony
380 millions of speakers
ar

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photophony
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

photophony
278 millions of speakers
pt

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photophony
270 millions of speakers
bn

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photophony
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

photophony
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Photophony
190 millions of speakers
de

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photophony
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

photophony
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

photophony
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Photophony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

photophony
80 millions of speakers
ta

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photophony
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

फोटोोफनी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

photophony
70 millions of speakers
it

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photophony
65 millions of speakers
pl

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photophony
50 millions of speakers
uk

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photophony
40 millions of speakers
ro

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photophony
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

photophony
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

photophony
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

photophony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

photophony
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of photophony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHOTOPHONY»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHOTOPHONY»

Discover the use of photophony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to photophony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
British Television: The Formative Years
Many experiments were carried out in photophony in the first quarter of the 20th century, by Ruhmer, Schuckert, Blake and ... and Schuckert were particularly successful in their work on photophony on the Wansee and the Havel, near Berlin, ...
R. W. Burns, 1986
2
John Logie Baird, Television Pioneer
Subsequently many experiments were carried out in photophony in the first quarter of the twentieth century by Ruhmer, Schukert, Blake and others. Another application of the directly modulated arc was confirmed by Bernouchi21, who sent ...
R. W. Burns, 2000
3
Television: An International History of the Formative Years
Many experiments were carried out in photophony in the first quarter of the 20th century, by Ruhmer, Schukert, Blake and others. Ruhmer and Schukert were particularly successful in their work on photophony on the Wansee and the Havel  ...
R. W. Burns, 1998
4
Researches of the Electrotechnical Laboratory
photophony, etc. by receiving the light intensity variation by means of a photoelectric cell. 3. Photophony. (10) The photophony utilizing the voltage modulation of an incandescent electric lamp will be divided into two classes considering from ...
Tokyo. Electrotechnical Laboratory, 1932
5
The selenium cell: its properties and applications
Cell, Class A, 22 Photophony, Early experiments on, 253 Methods of control of light- beam by sound waves for, 245 Reflector, parabolic, Mounting cell at focus of, 25 Speaking arc, Discovery of, 248 Bell, a. gRaham, and S. taINtOR (E.), Cell,  ...
George Philip Barnard, 1930
6
Communications: An International History of the Formative Years
... was that I could not hear what went on over the radiophone but that I could see the flying machine' [24]. In Europe work on photophony was undertaken by H.T. Simon, and by E. Ruhmer. At Nuremberg, in September 1901, Simon transmitted  ...
Russell W. Burns, 2004
7
Royal Society of London Cataloogue of Scienctific Papers ...
(Preece's investigations.) Giraldy, F. Lum. Elect. 3 (*1881) 297-. (Use of selenium. ) Jamieson.A. [1881] Olasg. Ph. S. P. 13 (1882) 109-. (Without battery.) Kalitcher, S. Carl Bpm. 17 (1881) 563-. (Photophony and radiophony.) Lucchi, G. de. Ven.
8
The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction
See also Charles Sumner Tainter, Home Notes, 1881, 2:67, CST, series II, box 2, folder 3, Home Notes, 1881, 3 : 5, CST, series II, box 2, folder 4, Home Notes, 1882, 8:99, CST, series II, box 2, folder 9. 62 "A Red Letter Day for Photophony!
Jonathan Sterne, 2003
9
Telecommunication Journal
Radiophony It is well known that radiophony is the term given by Mr Mercadier to the new phenomenon, discovered by Alexander Graham Bell and christened by him photophony, of the property of thin surface of substances subjected to the ...
‎1989
10
The Wireless World and Radio Review
In 1897, Bell and Hayes in America, showed that if a circuit containing a battery and a microphone was coupled inductively to a D.C. arc, the arc would audibly reproduce the voice, and they applied this discovery to photophony (the ...
‎1923
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Photophony [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/photophony>. May 2024 ».
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