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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

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

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

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

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.

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

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