"luminaphone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: luminaphones [plural]
Etymology: From Latin lūmen (“light”) + -phone. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lūmen||light}} Latin lūmen (“light”), {{suffix|en||phone}} + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} luminaphone (plural luminaphones)
  1. (music, historical) A kind of organ whose keys project light beams through perforated revolving disks onto selenium cells in order to produce electrical vibrations that generate the sound. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Musical instruments

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