单词 | electrophone |
释义 | electrophonen. 1. An instrument which produces sounds in response to an electric current, e.g. from an induction coil or telephone, esp. as developed to enable telephone subscribers to hear concerts, plays, public speeches, etc., in their home. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > other types of sound telecommunication > [noun] > apparatus telephone1832 electrophone1864 magneto-telephone1878 thermophone1878 photophone1880 radiophone1881 teleradiophone1881 thermotelephonea1884 telegraphophone1889 theatrophone1889 hydrograph1893 sonobuoy1937 1864 Trans. Royal Sc. Soc. Arts 6 185 (heading) On the electrophone and some of its applications. By T. S. Wright. 1896 Daily News 29 May 6/7 The huge brass bellmouth apparatus fixed on the prompt side of the opera proscenium is an electrophone. 1920 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 24 Nov. in Yours, Plum (1990) i. 13 We listened to the Palladium on the electrophone the night before last. 1949 Radio Times 15 July 6/1 [We] presented an electrophone to our aged father on October 5th, 1908... I have a vivid recollection of..listening to a relayed programme. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 28 June 17 We listened to concerts via the telephone wires on my grandfather's electrophone. 2. Any musical instrument in which sound is electronically generated or amplified. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > electronic theremin1927 Martenot1931 trautonium1931 Ondium Martenot1936 Ondes musicales1938 Ondes1940 Ondes Martenot1940 monochord1956 synthesizer1957 Mellotron1963 Moog1967 electrophone1968 Stylophone1968 multi-keyboard1976 synth1976 keytar1979 Synclavier1979 1968 Music Educators Jrnl. 54 73/1 He explains the ethnomusicologist's classification of instruments as chordophones, aerophones, membranophones, idiophones, or, today, electrophones. 1995 Galpin Society Jrnl. 48 214 Regional and folk instruments.., later keyboard instruments, electrophones and mechanical instruments are not covered. 2004 M. Campbell et al. Musical Instruments ii. 71 On the electric guitar, which belongs to the electroacoustic sub-group of the electrophone family, the string vibrations are transformed into an electrical signal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). electrophonev. Now historical. transitive. To transmit (a speech, etc.) by means of the electrophone. ΚΠ 1904 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 8/2 The rapidity with which the words spoken by Mr. Chamberlain in the Guildhall were electrophoned to Langham-place. 1909 Newspaper Owner 18 Sept. 15 (heading) Electrophoning Lord Rosebery's Glasgow speech to London. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1864v.1904 |
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