"pistonphone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pistonphones [plural]
Etymology: From piston + -phone. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|piston|phone}} piston + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} pistonphone (plural pistonphones)
  1. An acoustic calibrator based on a piston pushing on a fixed volume of air.
    Sense id: en-pistonphone-en-noun-yn7x~9Yx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -phone, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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