luminaphone

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noun

A kind of organ whose keys project light beams through perforated revolving disks onto selenium cells in order to produce electrical vibrations that generate the sound.

OriginLatin lūmen →
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Meanings

nounluminaphone (plural luminaphones)

plural luminaphones

  1. historicalentertainmentA kind of organ whose keys project light beams through perforated revolving disks onto selenium cells in order to produce electrical vibrations that generate the sound.

Origin

  1. Latinlūmen“light”
  2. Englishluminaphone

From Latin lūmen (“light”) + -phone.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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