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phonographic

[ foh-nuh-graf-ik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
  2. of, relating to, or noting phonography.


phonographic

/ ˌfəʊnəˈɡræfɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to phonography
  2. of or relating to the recording of music


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Other Words From

  • phono·graphi·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of phonographic1

1830–40 in sense “pertaining to phonograms”; 1878 for current senses; phonograph, phonograph(y) + -ic

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Example Sentences

They are used, one at a time, as the machine is required, to take down or to render back a phonographic message.

Think of your memory as a phonographic record, and take care that you place the right kind of impressions upon it.

To fix this fact in the mind, the student may think of the retentive and reproductive phases of memory as a phonographic record.

Answer: any system will answer the purpose of the woman who desires to become simply a phonographic amanuensis.

It leads to a mental habit of phonographic repetition, with no resort to independent thinking.

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