Phonograph

fō′nō-graf, n. a character or mark used to represent a sound (also Phō′nogram ): an instrument by which spoken words or other sounds can be recorded, and afterwards given out again almost in the original tones.— ns. Phonog′rapher , Phonog′raphist , one versed in phonography.— adjs. Phonograph′ic , -al .— adv. Phonograph′ically .— ns. Phonog′raphy , the art of representing each spoken sound by a distinct character: phonetic shorthand; Phō′nōscope , an apparatus for recording music as played, or for testing musical strings: a microphone. [Gr. phōnē , sound, graphein , to write.]