auxetophone
/ˈɔːksətəfəʊn/
auxetophone noun: a pneumatic type of sound-playback device used in the early part of the twentieth century.
Noun
auxetophone (plural auxetophones)
- A pneumatic type of sound-playback device used in the early part of the twentieth century.
- It was something that had come out during the séance tonight, none of which Madame Eskimoff had any direct memory of, although like all T.W.I.T.-sanctioned sittings, it had been recorded by means of a Parsons-Short Auxetophone.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 256
Forms of auxetophone
| plural | auxetophones |
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Origin of auxetophone
Formed from Ancient Greek αὐξητός (auxētós, “that can be increased”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Questions about auxetophone
- What does auxetophone mean?
- Auxetophone means a pneumatic type of sound-playback device used in the early part of the twentieth century.
- What part of speech is auxetophone?
- Auxetophone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce auxetophone?
- Auxetophone is pronounced /ˈɔːksətəfəʊn/.
- What is the plural of auxetophone?
- The plural of auxetophone is auxetophones.
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