单词 | tautophone |
释义 | > as lemmastautophone tautophone n. Brit. /ˈtɔːtə(ʊ)fəʊn/ , U.S. /ˈtɔdəˌfoʊn/ , /ˈtɑdəˌfoʊn/ (a) = phonograph n. 4a (now historical); (b) Psychology = summator n. 2.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > measurement of mental states > experimental device > [noun] > speech sampler tautophone1878 1878 Sunday School Jrnl. July 148/1 Prof. Edison, the inventor of the telephone, and of the tautophone, or speaking phonograph, will be at Chautauqua. 1901 T. Martindale Sport Indeed 342 So much benign melody in the crank of a tautophone. 1940 Character & Personality 8 216 (title) The use of the tautophone (‘verbal summator’) as an auditory apperceptive test for the study of personality. 2004 A. M. Paul Cult of Personality iv. 86 The Tautophone..developed by two American psychologists, played a phonograph record of a not-quite-intelligible voice. < as lemmas |
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