Meanings
noun78 (plural 78s or 78's)
- retronymA gramophone record played at 78 revolutions per minute.
She swallowed hard, and her arm jerked sideways, knocking over a table lamp, which fell onto the record player, where our favourite 78 was spinning round.
2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 273
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebeing eight more than seventy
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nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight
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seventy-eightLXXVIII
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large integer
nouna shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute
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APA
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“78.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/78. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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