English Explanatory Dictionary

graphophone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.
  2. An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen.

Word forms

graphophone graphophones

Etymology

From graph + -o- + -phone.

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