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electrophone

/ ɪˈlɛktrəˌfəʊn; ɪˌlɛktrəˈfɒnɪk /

noun

  1. music any instrument whose sound is produced by the oscillation of an electric current, such as an electronic organ, synthesizer, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • electrophonic, adjective
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Example Sentences

She shows him the transmitter in the attic: its double battery, its old-fashioned electrophone, the hand-machined antenna that can be raised and lowered along the chimney by an ingenious system of levers.

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Then she slots the record on the spindle of Etiennes electrophone.

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She places the microphone into the bell-shaped speaker of the electrophone, switches on the record player, and the plate begins to spin.

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The transmitter remains on, the microphone tucked into the bell of the electrophone as the needle traces the outermost groove.

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He sets the microphone in the bell of his electrophone, as he did years before, and lets the record spin.

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