gramophonicadj.
/ɡraməˈfɒnɪk/ Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the gramophone or gramophone records.
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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
1905 Westm. Gaz. 2 Sept. 9/1 She has what I call a ‘gramophonic mind’—that is, she assimilates other people's ideas and then rolls them off as if they were her own.
1915 Morning Post 4 Mar. 4/4 A gramophonic reproduction of a tune which was being played in Berlin.
1921 P. A. Scholes Learning to Listen p. xiv The illustrated volume to which this one is, frankly, a gramophonic companion.
1927 Observer 24 Apr. 4/3 The National Gramophonic Society..issues the first of its orchestral records.
1946 Penguin Music Mag. 1 122 That a margin of extra time should be allowed—to be filled up if necessary by the time-honoured gramophonic stop-gap.
1965 Listener 3 June 837/2 Recording Wagner's Götterdämmerung... The biggest achievement in gramophonic history.
Derivatives
gramoˈphonically adv. in a gramophonic manner; by or on a gramophone.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [adverb] > by gramophone
gramophonically1911
1911 W. J. Locke Glory of Clementina Wing xx A stupendous woolly lamb..which, on something being done to its anatomy, opened its mouth and gramophonically chanted the ‘Jewel Song’ from Faust.
1913 Christian 3 Jan. 10/1 To find..the daily Press..giving voice to facts instead of gramophonically repeating the sentiments uttered by huge vested interests.
1924 P. A. Scholes 1st Bk. Gramophone Rec. 30 The only piece of our great Purcell gramophonically available was the song Nymphs and Shepherds.
1948 Scrutiny XV. 337 The now gramophonically celebrated Concertgebouw Orchestra.
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adj.1905