VOX

American

[voks] / vɒks /

noun

a device in certain types of telecommunications equipment, as telephone answering machines, that converts an incoming voice or sound signal into an electrical signal that turns on a transmitter or recorder that continues to operate as long as the incoming signal is maintained.

vox British

/ vɒks /

noun

a voice or sound

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Etymology

Origin of VOX

Acronym from voice-operated keying, altered to conform to Latin vōx voice

Example Sentences

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The company operates VOX Cinemas and 29 malls in the Middle East.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2022

Les Paul with a VOX AC 15 or deluxe reverb.

From Washington Times • Feb. 13, 2017

In 2003, he took a job at New York City Opera, and later ran its new-opera workshop, VOX.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2015

The VOX guitar was a prototype instrument custom-built for Lennon in 1966, said Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien's.

From Reuters • May 19, 2013

VOX POPULI—"Do you think you've boosted your circulation by giving a year's subscription for the biggest potato raised in the county?"

From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)

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