phonographic

[ foh-nuh-graf-ik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
2. of, relating to, or noting phonography.

phonographic

/ ˌfəʊnəˈɡræfɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to phonography
2. of or relating to the recording of music

Other Words From

• phono·graphi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of phonographic¹

1830–40 in sense “pertaining to phonograms”; 1878 for current senses; phonograph, phonograph(y) + -ic

Example Sentences

They are used, one at a time, as the machine is required, to take down or to render back a phonographic message.

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Think of your memory as a phonographic record, and take care that you place the right kind of impressions upon it.

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To fix this fact in the mind, the student may think of the retentive and reproductive phases of memory as a phonographic record.

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Answer: any system will answer the purpose of the woman who desires to become simply a phonographic amanuensis.

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It leads to a mental habit of phonographic repetition, with no resort to independent thinking.

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