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auxetophones

auxetophones is the plural of auxetophone.

Meaning of auxetophone

Noun

auxetophone (plural auxetophones)

  1. (historical) 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

Questions about auxetophones

What is auxetophones the plural of?
Auxetophones is the plural of auxetophone.

Words near auxetophones in the dictionary

  1. auxeticity
  2. auxetics
  3. auxetometer
  4. auxetometers
  5. auxetophone
  6. auxetophones
  7. auxic
  8. Auxie
  9. Auxier
  10. Auxiers
  11. Auxies

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