† microphonicsn.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
A branch of science dealing with the amplification of sound.
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1846 W. M. Buchanan Technol. Dict. Microphonics, the science of magnifying small sounds.
1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2757/1 The science of strengthening weak sounds is called microphonics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1846- palaeophilist
- palaeophis
- palaeophysiographer
- palaeophysiographic
- palaeophysiographical
- palaeophysiography
- palaeophysiological
- palaeophysiologist
- palaeophysiology
- palaeophytic
- palaeophytologic
- palaeophytological
- palaeophytologist
- palaeophytology
- palaeoplain
- palaeopole
- palaeopsychic
- palaeopsychological
- palaeopsychologist
- palaeopsychology
- palaeoradius
- palaeornithine
- palaeornithological
- palaeornithologies
- palaeornithology