Gramophone

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gramophone \Gram"o*phone\, n. [Gr. ? a thing drawn or written
     (fr. ? write) + -phone, as in telephone. Originally a
     trademark.]
     An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing
     sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched
     in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means


     of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm. This older term
     is almost completely replaced for modern devices by the word
     {phonograph} (or {hi-fi}), and technological changes have
     made the term sound antiquated, and it is usually used to
     refer to older non-electronic versions of the phonograph.
     [obsolescent]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gramophone
       n : an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle
           is amplified acoustically [syn: {acoustic gramophone}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "Gramophone":
     PA, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system, audiophile,
     binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge, ceramic pickup,
     changer, crystal pickup, derived four-channel system,
     discrete four-channel system, four-channel stereo system, hi-fi,
     hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, intercom, intercommunication system,
     jukebox, magnetic pickup, monaural system, mono, needle,
     nickelodeon, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pickup,
     public-address system, quadraphonic sound system,
     radio-phonograph combination, record changer, record player,
     sound reproduction system, sound truck, squawk box, stereo, stylus,
     system, tape deck, tape recorder, tone arm,
     transcription turntable, turntable