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pistonphone

pistonphone noun: an acoustic calibrator based on a piston pushing on a fixed volume of air.

Noun

pistonphone (plural pistonphones)

  1. An acoustic calibrator based on a piston pushing on a fixed volume of air.

Forms of pistonphone

pluralpistonphones

Origin of pistonphone

From piston + -phone.

Questions about pistonphone

What does pistonphone mean?
Pistonphone means an acoustic calibrator based on a piston pushing on a fixed volume of air.
What part of speech is pistonphone?
Pistonphone is a noun.
What is the plural of pistonphone?
The plural of pistonphone is pistonphones.

Words near pistonphone in the dictionary

  1. pistonhead
  2. pistonheads
  3. pistoning
  4. pistonless
  5. pistonlike
  6. pistonphone
  7. pistonphones
  8. pistons
  9. Pistorius
  10. pistosaur
  11. pistosaurian

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