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n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + &unr_; voice. ] (Physics) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Physics) Pertaining to, or causing the production of, sound by means of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays; as, actinophonic phenomena. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Same as Egophony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; voice. ] (a) A form of combined speaking and ear trumpet. (b) An instrument, proposed by Edison, for greatly intensifying speech. It consists of a phonograph diaphragm so arranged that its action opens and closes valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of vibration. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. any one of two or more speech sounds that considered variants of the same phoneme. For example, the p sounds of pin and spin are allophones of p; and the t sounds of toe stop and catnip are allophones of t. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an allophone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or relating to Alphonso X., the Wise, King of Castile (1252-1284). [ 1913 Webster ]

Alphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. antiphona, fr. Gr. 'anti`fwna. See Anthem. ] 1. A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A verse said before and after the psalms. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs. Wheatly. -- An*tiph"o*nal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A book of antiphons or anthems. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. antiphonarium. See Antiphoner. ] A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or signing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. antiphonaire. See Antiphon. ] A book of antiphons. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Antiphonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antiphonies [ See Antiphon. ] 1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

O! never more for me shall winds intone,
With all your tops, a vast antiphony. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; turned opposite ways. ] (Rhet.) An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal; incapable of all but whispered speech. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. aphonia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; voiceless; 'a priv. + &unr_; voice: cf. F. aphonie. ] (Med.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells. -- n. An asiphonate mollusk. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a tube. ] (Zool.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. audire to hear + Gr. &unr_; sound. ] An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; a sound. ] (Med.) An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; that may be increased + &unr_; sound, voice. ] A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary vibrating disk reproducer. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. bary`s heavy + fwnh` a sound, voice. ] (Med.) Difficulty of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + photo + fwnh` sound, voice. ] An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds; -- an archaic term replaced by movie projector. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; windpipe + &unr_; sound. ] A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Harsh-sounding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cacophonies [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;; kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; sound: cf. F. Cacophonie. ] 1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. “Cacophonies of all kinds.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. cata + phonic: cf. F. cataphonique. ] (Physics) That branch of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds; catacoustics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Music) a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. colophon finishing stroke, Gr. kolofw`n; cf. L. culmen top, collis hill. Cf. Holm. ] An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

The colophon, or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. De Morgan. [ 1913 Webster ]

The book was uninjured from title page to colophon. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. colophonite. So named from its resemblance to the color of colophony. ] (Min.) A coarsely granular variety of garnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'h kolofwni`a (sc. "rhti`nh resin, gum) resin, fr. Kolofw`nios of or from Colophon in Ionia.] Rosin. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bent + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; sailor. ] (Zool.) The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a crooked piece of wood, a sort of pillory, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bent, stooping. ] A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + Gr. fwnh` sound. ] An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. dia` through + &unr_; sound, tone. ] Diacoustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dictate + -phone, as in telephone. ] A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for use in dictation, as in business. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dysphonia, Gr. &unr_;; dys- ill, hard + &unr_; sound, voice: cf. F. dysphonie. ] (Med.) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a thing called out, fr. &unr_; to cry out; 'ek out + &unr_; voice. ] (Rhet.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Ecphonema. ] A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation. G. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Ecphonema. ] (Rhet.) An animated or passionate exclamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to, or resembling, egophony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, goat + &unr_; voice. ] (Med.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Electro- + Gr. fwnh` sound. ] (Physics) An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents. [ 1913 Webster ]