sonograph

[ son-uh-graf, -grahf ]
/ ˈsɒn əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun Physics.

an instrument that produces a graphic representation of sound.

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Origin of sonograph

First recorded in 1955–60; sono- + -graph

Words nearby sonograph

sonnets from the portuguese, sonny, sono-, sonobuoy, sonogram, sonograph, sonography, sonoluminescence, sonoma, sonometer, sonora
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Medical definitions for sonograph

sonograph
[ sŏn′ə-grăf′, sō′nə- ]

n.

ultrasonograph
sonogram

Other words from sonograph

son′o•graph′ic adj.
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