sonograph

[ son-uh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

, Physics.

1. an instrument that produces a graphic representation of sound.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sonograph¹

First recorded in 1955–60; sono- + -graph

Example Sentences

That hypothesis led Monteith and a diverse group of researchers, wildlife managers and volunteers to the top of Torrey Rim on March 19, where he knelt in the brush and ran a sonograph sensor over a bighorn ewe’s rump.

From Washington Times

Monteith used the machine on the sheep’s abdomen to determine whether the sheep was pregnant, but he also says the sonograph can measure the animal’s fat levels.

From Washington Times

That hypothesis led Monteith and a diverse group of researchers, wildlife managers and volunteers to the top of Torrey Rim on March 19, where he knelt in the brush and ran a sonograph sensor over a bighorn ewe’s rump.

From Washington Times

Monteith used the machine on the sheep’s abdomen to determine whether the sheep was pregnant, but he also says the sonograph can measure the animal’s fat levels.

From Washington Times

We should point out, however, that you have referred to the equipment in question as a Dictaphone, which is the trade name of our good friends, the Dictaphone Corp., not of our firm, Sonograph Ltd., which is the major Canadian company in the dictating-machine field here.

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