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Phonograph

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Noun

1. phonograph, record player

machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Phonograph

see synonyms of phonograph
noun
1. 
an early form of gramophone capable of recording and reproducing sound on wax cylinders
2. Also called: gramophone, record player US and Canadian
a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn

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Phonograph

see synonyms of phonograph
noun
US
a device for reproducing sound that has been mechanically transcribed in a spiral groove on a circular disk or cylinder: a stylus following the groove in the revolving disk or cylinder transmits vibrations which are converted into sound

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Phonograph

see synonyms of phonograph
n.
A machine that reproduces sound by means of a stylus in contact with a grooved rotating disk.

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