graphophone

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noun

An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.

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Meanings

noungraphophone (plural graphophones)

plural graphophones

  1. An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.

    And then I see that the grip she was carrying was one of them little graphophones.

    1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 177
  2. An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen.

Origin

From graph + -o- + -phone.

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APA

graphophone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graphophone

MLA

“graphophone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graphophone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graphophone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graphophone.

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