"graphophone" meaning in English

See graphophone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: graphophones [plural]
Etymology: From graph + -o- + -phone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|graph|-o-|-phone}} graph + -o- + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} graphophone (plural graphophones)
  1. An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.
    Sense id: en-graphophone-en-noun-sXYUa3kj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -o-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -o-: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen.
    Sense id: en-graphophone-en-noun-s5S4L0RE

Inflected forms

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