discographicaladj.
/ˌdɪskəˈɡrafᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌdɪskəˈɡræfək(ə)l/ 1. Of or relating to discography or a discography (see discography n. 1). Cf. discographic adj. 1.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [adjective] > record-playing equipment
phonographical1846
phonographic1878
gramophonic1905
hornless1909
acoustical1931
discographic1931
acoustic1932
discographical1944
multi-play1949
wind-up1962
1944 D. Preston in A. J. McCarthy & M. Jones Jazz Folio 12/2 These cultists vigorously denounced all but biographical or discographical essays as extraneous and degenerate.
1946 Jazz Mag. 3 i. 12/1 It seems..obvious..without even hearing the records but just glancing through the discographical details, that these records hardly represent a short ‘History of Jazz’.
1955 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (ed. 3) xiv. 323 The assembling of discographical information and biographical material in America.
2009 Wire Apr. 54/3 Goldstein's 1960s electronic work is almost completely undocumented, meaning this release..fills a large discographical hole.
2. Medicine. = discographic adj. 2. rare.
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1960 U. Fernström in Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica Suppl. No. 258 1 (title) A discographical study of ruptured lumbar intervertebral discs.
2007 P. Donkersloot in M. Szpalski et al. Nonfusion Technol. Spine Surg. xiii. 125 Some patients show, despite analgesic and sedative medication, an extremely low tolerance for the nociceptive stimuli caused by the discographical examination.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1944