Phono Words: phonodynamograph to phony,
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Words that include: phono-, phon-, -phone, -phonia,
-phonic, -phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically,
(Greek: sound, voice, speech)
An instrument for registering simultaneously the sounds and the electrical changes caused by the heart, or one of these together with the pulse.
An instrument for the simultaneous visualization of a phonocardiogram and an electrocardiogram.
The simultaneous registration of a phonocardiogram as well as an electrocardiogram on an oscilloscope.
A stethoscope that suppresses the low frequencies characteristic of normal heart function to emphasize the high frequencies.
A graphic curve depicting the duration and intensity of sounds.
An instrument, invented by Thomas A. Edison in 1877 (patented 30 July), by which sounds are automatically recorded and reproduced. In Britain the word is retained only for early cylinder machines; but in North Amerrica, it has become synonymous with record player, record deck, etc., corresponding to the British gramophone.
1. Representing, or consisting of characters representing, spoken sounds; phonetic.
2. Of, pertaining to, or produced by a phonograph.
1. The art or practice of writing according to sound, or so as to represent the actual pronunciation; phonetic spelling.
2. The automatic recording of sounds, as by the phonautograph, or the recording and reproduction of them by the phonograph; the construction and use of phonographs.
Name for various volcanic rocks which ring when struck; clinkstone; phonolitic.
Someone who is a specialist in phonology.
Originally, the science of vocal sounds (phonetics); especially, of the sounds of a particular language. The study of pronunciation, transferring the system of sounds in a language. Now, that branch of linguistics that deals with sound systems, or with sound systems and phonetics; the study of the sound system of a particular language. The ensemble for a particular individual speaker is referred to as his/her phonological system.