- 1. n. An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate. Source: opted
- 2. An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate. Source: webster
- 3. An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to producea visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of aresonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by aflexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membranerecords the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a movingcylinder or plate. Source: adambom
- 4. n. An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate. Source: ecdict
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