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phonogram|ˈfəʊnəgræm|
[f. phono- + -gram; in sense 2, after telegram.]
1. A written character or symbol representing a spoken sound; spec. a letter or symbol of (Pitman's) Phonography.
1860I. Pitman Man. Phonography (ed. 10) §17. 21 Phonogram, a written letter or mark, indicating a certain sound, or modification of sound; as —k, ·ah. 1883I. Taylor Alphabet I. i. 22 It is probable that the..step by which the advance was made from ideograms to phonograms arose out of the necessity of expressing proper names. 1895W. J. Hoffman Beginn. Writ. 173 A phonogram is the graphic representation of a sound. An alphabetic character is a phonogram.
2. The sound-record or tracing made by a phonograph, or the sounds reproduced or reported by means of it; a phonographic record or message.
1879Telegraphic Jrnl. VII. 233/1 M. Delecheneau has succeeded in getting phonograms on zinc and brass cyclinders. 1884Jrnl. Educ. XIX. 267 Dr. Zintgraff..will use the instrument to obtain foil phonograms of the speech and melodies of the natives [of Africa]. 1887Spectator 22 Oct. 1407 The phonograph reports music with absolute exactness, and..the phonogram will keep for a hundred years. 1967A. L. Lloyd Folk Song in England i. 65 Dr. Walker Fewkes made phonogram recordings among North American Indians in 1889. 1976Daily Tel. 10 July 4/8 To celebrate the centenary of sound recording next year major record companies in more than 60 countries are to present a programme of events... This was announced yesterday by the International Federation of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms. 1977Gramophone Apr. 1527/2 It is not a laughing matter that it has taken so long and so much effort to establish the recording, the phonogram, as a serious creative art form in its own right.
3. A telegram that the sender dictates over the telephone. Freq. attrib.
1911D. Murray in Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engin. Aug. 451 Economic necessity will..lead to a great increase in telephone-telegrams, or, as the British Post Office already calls them, ‘phonograms’. 1932Telegraph & Telephone Jrnl. Oct. 2/1 Any telephone subscriber can hand over and receive his telegrams by telephone (phonogram service). 1968E. H. Jolley Introd. Telephony & Telegr. i. 16/2 Nowadays small offices generally dictate their telegrams over the telephone to an appointed office. The appointed office receives the traffic from a group of minor offices..and is provided with special phonogram equipment designed to facilitate the handling of calls from the various offices. 1969West Australian 5 July 66/2 (Advt.), Postmaster-General's Department has vacancies for phonogram operator (Perth). 1976R. N. Renton Telegraphy ix. 246/1 As far as the method is reversible, a telegram is delivered to the recipient over the same medium used for handing in, e.g. via phonograms, printergrams or leased teleprinter circuit. 1976Sydney Telephone Directory, Phonograms. To save time, telephone your telegrams. The usual telegram charges will be debited to your telephone account.
Hence phonogramic |-ˈgræmɪk| a. [irreg. f. prec. + -ic], of the nature of a phonogram, or consisting of phonograms (sense 2); phonoˈgramically adv., by means of phonograms; phonograˈmmatic a., consisting of phonograms (sense 1) = phonographic 1.
1861Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. VIII. 279 A phonogrammatic system of telegraphic symbols. 1888Times 27 June 12/1 In the several long phonogramic communications. 1888Standard 17 Sept. 2/7 All new music worthy of reproduction will be thus phonogramically published. |