Associations to the word «Phonograph»

Wiktionary

PHONOGRAPH, noun. Literally, a device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
PHONOGRAPH, noun. (British) (historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.
PHONOGRAPH, noun. (North America) Early term for a record player.
PHONOGRAPH, noun. (dated) A character or symbol used to represent a sound, especially one used in phonography.
PHONOGRAPH, verb. (transitive) (dated) To record for playback by phonograph.
PHONOGRAPH, verb. (transitive) (dated) To transcribe into phonographic symbols.
PHONOGRAPH RECORD, noun. A disk usually made of a polymer used to record sound for playback on a phonograph.
PHONOGRAPH RECORDS, noun. Plural of phonograph record

Dictionary definition

PHONOGRAPH, noun. Machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras