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  VOX

  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
  vox

  noun

  a voice or sound

VOX

American  

[voks] / vɒks /

noun

1. 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.

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vox British  

/ vɒks /

noun

1. 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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VOX vox

Anchoring the rhythm section with him was bassist Bill Wyman, who was recruited more for his spare VOX AC30 amp that the guitarists could plug into than for his musical skills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

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

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2022

Mr. Sharon felt that New York, where he worked at the New York City Opera and led its VOX program for new opera, was too set in its ways.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2017

Les Paul with a VOX AC 15 or deluxe reverb.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2017

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)

"It's become a kind of received wisdom among the vox populi that there's all sorts of bureaucratic waste in the government, and there really isn’t," Lofgren said.

From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2024

It is emblazoned with his favourite phrase “vox populei, vox dei” – the voice of the people is the voice of God.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2024

“We have no interest in building a hotel in a community that doesn’t want us to be there. Vox populi, vox dei, right?”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

They choose and shape their audiences; they make decisions about which populi get their vox heard and who gets turned into a spectacle.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

It had thirty-nine keys and two stops—vox Humana and vox celeste.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut