Definitions for: Phonograph

[n] machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically

Webster (1913) Definition: Pho"no*graph, n. [Phono- + -graph.]
1. A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one
used in phonography.

2. (Physics) An instrument for the mechanical registration
and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech,
etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered
with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax,
paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a
stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a
sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations
in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk
is again turned, set the plate in vibration, and reproduce
the sound.

Synonyms: record player

See Also: acoustic gramophone, audio system, auto-changer, cartridge, changer, gramophone, jukebox, machine, nickelodeon, pickup, pickup arm, radio chassis, record changer, sound system, tone arm, turntable

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