melographicadj.1
/ˌmɛləˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛləˈɡræfɪk/ rare.
Of a pianoforte, etc.: adapted so as to be able to record automatically the music played on it.The type of device described in quot. 1863 later became known as a melograph: see melograph n.1
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [adjective]
integrating1654
phonographical1846
melographic1863
phonographic1878
transcription1936
hi-fi1938
high fidelity1938
low fidelity1939
reel-to-reel1961
1863 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 16 Oct. 747/1 Electro-magnetic phonograph. This machine is capable of being attached to..keyed musical instruments, by means of which they are rendered melographic, that is, capable of writing down any music that is played upon them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
melographicadj.2
/ˌmɛləˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛləˈɡræfɪk/ rare.
Of, relating to, or using a melograph (melograph n.2).
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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > instrument for analysing vibration > [adjective]
phonautographic1877
phoneidoscopic1880
spectrographic1884
sound-spectrographic1947
melographic1970
1970 Current Anthropol. 11 474/3 In employing the melograph to distinguish among styles..one must begin with some good working definitions about the formal properties of the styles that are to be identified by means of melographic analysis.
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