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thermophone

thermophone noun: a form of transducer that generates sound waves of precise power.

Noun

thermophone (plural thermophones)

  1. A form of transducer that generates sound waves of precise power.
  2. (historical) A portable telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.
  3. (historical) A telephone involving heat effects, as changes in temperature (hence in length) due to pulsations of the line current in a fine wire connected with the receiver diaphragm.

thermophone meaning in Tamil

thermophone in Tamil

வெப்பப்பன்னி

Forms of thermophone

pluralthermophones

Origin of thermophone

From thermo- + -phone.

Questions about thermophone

What does thermophone mean?
Thermophone means a form of transducer that generates sound waves of precise power.
What is thermophone in Tamil?
Thermophone in Tamil is வெப்பப்பன்னி. See Thermophone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thermophone?
Thermophone is a noun.
What is the plural of thermophone?
The plural of thermophone is thermophones.

Words near thermophone in the dictionary

  1. thermophobe
  2. thermophobes
  3. thermophobia
  4. thermophobic
  5. thermophobous
  6. thermophone
  7. thermophones
  8. thermophonic
  9. thermophore
  10. thermophores
  11. thermophoresis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thermophone (page history and authors); thermophone (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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