phone

Abbreviation for telephone. ( Colloq.) phôn-ei-do-scope, s. [Pref. phon-; Gr. eidos = form, and skopeō to look at. An instrument invented by Mr. Sedley Taylor in 1877 for observing the color figures of liquid films when acted on by sonorous vibrations. phōn'-ics, s. [PHONIC.] 1. The doctrine or science of sounds, especially those of the human voice; phonetics. 2. The art of combining musical sounds. phon-ite, s . [Greek phōnē =a sound; suff. -ite ( Min .).] Min.: The same as ELÆOLITE (q. v.) phō-no-cămp-tíc, *phō-nổ cămp-tick, adj . [Pref. phono- , and Gr. kamptikos bent; kampt = to bend.] Having the power quality of inflecting sound, or turning it from its direction and thus altering it. "The magnifying the sound by the polyphon isms or repercu ions of the rocks, and other phono camp tick objects."-Derham: Phys.- Theol ., bk. iv., ch. iii.