phonograph

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for phonograph

phonograph 🔊 /fowˈnʌgɹæˌf/

phonograph : තැටි වාදන යන්ත්‍රය

phonograph : ශබ්ද ලේඛය

phonograph : ශබ්දවාහිනිය

phonograph definition

Noun.

  1. A character or symbol used to represent a sound, Especially. one used in phonography.
  2. An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration, and reproduce the sound.