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GRAMOPHONE (an invented word, formed' on an inversion of " phonogram "; cbwvil, sound, ypaµµa, letter)

GRAMOPHONE (an invented word, formed' on an See also:
INVERSION (Lat. invertere, to turn about)
inversion of " phonogram "; cbwvil, See also:
SOUND
SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)
sound, ypaµµa, See also:
LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)
letter) , an See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument for recording and reproducing sounds . It depends on the same See also:

general principles as the See also:

phonograph (q.v.), but it differs in certain details of construction, especially in having the See also:

sound-See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record cut spirally on a See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat disk instead of See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a See also:

CYLINDER (Gr. KvAwSpos, from KvXivaety, to roll)

cylinder .

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