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noun

an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.

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British Dictionary definitions for sound spectrograph

sound spectrograph

noun

an electronic instrument that produces a record (sound spectrogram) of the way in which the frequencies and intensities of the components of a sound, such as a spoken word, vary with time

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