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phonographic

phonographic

1 7.2
The recording and playback of sound using machines
  • adjective
  • /ˌfoʊnəˈɡræfɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fonográfico
  • The phonographic recordings allowed listeners to enjoy music in their homes.
  • Phonographic Industry
  • Federation of Phonographic

Examples

  • He went on to work with the British Phonographic Industry, International Federation of Phonographic Industries, and BMG.

    Blog text (17)
  • He went on to work with the British Phonographic Industry, International Federation of Phonographic Industries, and BMG.

    Blog text (17)
  • Phonographic books that will speak to blind people.

  • If phonographic sound is not considered to be the human voice, may one listen to a phonographic copy of a strange woman's voice?

    Academic text (2018)
  • If phonographic sound is not considered to be the human voice, may one listen to a phonographic copy of a strange woman's voice?

    Academic text (2018)
  • "One audience member at Edison's 1877 phonographic demonstration in Washington, D.C., even exclaims that "it sounds more like the devil every time." 20

    Academic text (2017)
  • After eighteen months of planning, he built a frame for the camera, cannibalized a Hasselblad he had in the studio, replaced its magazine and shutter, and slaved its motor drive to a phonographic turntable.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The traces of acoustic vibration inscribed on the phonographic plate were, for him, an instance of a representational mode aimed at the synchronization of vital energies rather than the fixing of static images, as in photography.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Many phonographic devices were designed to enhance the clarity of sound reproduction.

  • Phonographic technology has transformed the way we experience music and audio entertainment.

Synonyms

electroacoustic
vsphonographic
  • Specialized
7.2

Sound or music made using both electronic and acoustic instruments

focuses on recording or reproducing sound by mechanical or electronic means

Surface Forms

phonographic positive
phonographica comparative
phonographicest superlative

Morphology

phonographic = phonograph (transparent) = phono + graph + ic

This is a straightforward adjective formation meaning 'relating to a phonograph' or its sound-recording function.

Etymology

Phonographic comes from Greek parts phono- 'sound' and -graph 'write', so it first meant 'sound-writing'. Early machines called phonographs 'wrote' voices onto discs, and that is why phonographic now means 'relating to the recording or playing of sound'.