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phonoscope

phonoscope noun: a device that shows images demonstrating the movement of a person's face as they speak.

Noun

phonoscope (plural phonoscopes)

  1. A device that shows images demonstrating the movement of a person's face as they speak.
  2. (historical) An early kind of microphone.

phonoscope meaning in Tamil

phonoscope in Tamil

ஃபோனோஸ்க்கோப்பு, ஒலியலை காட்டு, இதய ஒலி மானி, இதய ஒலி வரைவுமானி

Forms of phonoscope

pluralphonoscopes

Origin of phonoscope

From phono- + -scope.

Questions about phonoscope

What does phonoscope mean?
Phonoscope means a device that shows images demonstrating the movement of a person's face as they speak.
What is phonoscope in Tamil?
Phonoscope in Tamil is ஃபோனோஸ்க்கோப்பு, ஒலியலை காட்டு, இதய ஒலி மானி. See Phonoscope meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phonoscope?
Phonoscope is a noun.
What is the plural of phonoscope?
The plural of phonoscope is phonoscopes.

Words near phonoscope in the dictionary

  1. phonorecordings
  2. phonorecords
  3. phonoresponse
  4. phonoresponses
  5. phonos
  6. phonoscope
  7. phonoscopes
  8. phonoscène
  9. phonoscènes
  10. phonosemantic
  11. phonosemantically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: phonoscope (page history and authors); phonoscope (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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