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VOX 
[voks] Pronunciation Key
[voks] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a device in certain types of telecommunications equipment, as telephone answering machines, that converts an incoming voice or sound signal into an electrical signal that turns on a transmitter or recorder that continues to operate as long as the incoming signal is maintained. |
[Origin: acronym from voice-operated keying, altered to conform to L vōx voice]
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vox
vox
1550, from L., lit. "voice" (see voice). Especially in vox populi (1550) "the voice of the people" (the full maxim is Vox populi vox Dei "the voice of the people is the voice of God").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| vox | |
noun | |
| the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" [syn: voice] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Vox
Vox\, n. [L. See Voice.] A voice. Vox humana[L., human voice] (Mus.), a reed stop in an organ, made to imitate the human voice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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