单词 | phonic |
释义 | phonicadj.1n. A. adj.1 1. Of or relating to sound; acoustic. Now chiefly in phonic motor, phonic wheel ( Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > science of sound > [adjective] acoustic1640 acoustical1803 phonic1823 magneto-acoustic1903 audio1960 1823 C. Wheatstone in Ann. Philos. New Ser. 6 81 On the Phonic Molecular Vibrations. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 945/2 The point where is found either the person who speaks, or the body which emits the sound is called the phonic centre. 1878 Smithsonian Inst. Rep. 492 The axis of the phonic ray will be deflected upwards. 1998 Nature 23 July 327/2 A complementary realization of the ‘musical’ principles governing the ‘molecular vibrations’ in both light and sound was provided by Wheatstone's. ‘Kaleidophone or Phonic Kaleidoscope’. 2. a. Of or relating to speech sounds; = phonetic adj. 2a. Also: spec. designating a method of teaching reading by which letters or groups of letters are associated with particular sounds. Cf. phonics n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adjective] > vocal sound vocala1460 vocular1832 phonic1841 phonal1859 1841 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 528 He is of course familiar with the phonic method of learning to read. 1843 First Phonic Reader 101 Under the phonic method, the sound of each letter is taught by means of an object in which that sound occurs. 1875 G. C. Mast Primer of Phonic Method p. iv For years it had been his [sc. the Author's] wish to introduce in this country the German, or Phonic method of teaching reading and writing simultaneously. 1896 R. J. Lloyd in Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 31 234 The usefulness of a vowel depends also upon its distinct phonic character. 1928 Ward & Roscoe Approach to Teaching ix. 110 The Phonic Method..has the undoubted advantage that the children, if properly taught, are from the first not afraid to attack new words. 1954 Language (Min. of Educ.) v. 56 The alphabetic method was superseded generally in British schools by the phonic method. 1968 J. Lyons Introd. Theoret. Linguistics ii. 62 It is clear that phonic substance..satisfies the conditions of availability and convenience fairly well. 1973 D. Rockey Phonetic Lex. ii. 36 For many years reading theories have been polarised between two extremes—the phonic method and the so-called ‘Look-and-Say’. 1995 Guardian 2 Dec. (Outlook section) 30/4 She worked on the Radiant Way, infant books based on the phonic method. b. Medicine. Of, relating to, involved in, or occurring during the production of vocal sounds or the movement of the vocal cords. Cf. phonetic adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [adjective] > voiced or voicing vocal1668 sonant1808 vocalizing1809 vocular1812 voiced1850 phonetic1864 phonic1877 sonantizing1879 sonantic1892 sonorant1899 1877 tr. A. Kussmaul in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XIV. 650 This reflex-centre..we shall term the basal phonic centre [Ger. Lautcentrum]. 1896 Lancet 1 Feb. 288/2 (title) A case of ‘phonic spasm’ successfully treated by electricity. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 851 The cough and sometimes the laugh are phonic. 1979 Lancet 15 Sept. 551 Tourette's syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterised by changing motor and phonic tics, compulsive actions, and other behavioural symptoms. 1984 Lancet 24 Nov. 1192/1 Lately, about 50 cases have been described..under the heading of ‘phonic laryngeal spasm,’ ‘spastic aphonia’, [etc.]. 1997 Psychol. Rep. 80 163 He exhibited hand flapping, jumping, running, and spinning as well as other motor and phonic stereotypes typical of autistic disorder. 2003 Lancet Neurol. 4 159/2 Premonitory sensations are sensory events..that take place before a motor or phonic tic. Charles Wheatstone's name for: a body that emits sound. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [noun] > sonorous body phonic1823 1823 C. Wheatstone in Ann. Philos. New Ser. 6 81 Bodies, which, being properly excited, make those sensible oscillations, which have been thought to be the proximate causes of all the phenomena of sound. These bodies..I have termed Phonics. 1839 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 565/1 The body by which the sound is produced, denominated by Professor Wheatstone a phonic, occasions in the surrounding air vibrations or oscillations, corresponding in number and extent to those which exist in itself. Compounds phonic motor n. = phonic wheel n. ΚΠ 1924 Jrnl. Sci. Instruments 1 162 By making use of a device known as a phonic motor—invented by the late Lord Rayleigh—a wheel is constrained to rotate at a constant speed controlled by an electromagnetically maintained tuning-fork. 1955 Vistas in Astron. 1 440 By means of suitable gearing, the phonic motor drives a shaft at one revolution per second and closes a contact every second. 2001 Re: Pre ARPAnet email? in alt.folklore.computers (Usenet newsgroup) 29 Apr. The supply to this phonic motor derives from a vibrating reed whose frequency is controlled by pulses coming every second from a pendulum clock. phonic wheel n. [after French roue phonique (P. Lacour 1878, in Compt. rend. 87 500)] a toothed disc or rotor of magnetic material which is caused to rotate at a constant speed by an electromagnet energized by alternating or interrupted direct current (originally derived from a tuning fork vibrating against a contact and sustained by another electromagnet). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > motor > [noun] > other parts of gear1814 controller1836 phonic wheel1878 reverser1879 rotor1892 stator1892 brush-holder1894 interpole1907 phonic motor1924 1878 Telegraphic Jrnl. 6 476/2 M. Paul la Cour has succeeded in causing a phonic wheel to maintain its uniform rate of rotation when acted upon by an accelerating or retarding force of one kilogramme-metre-minute. 1956 IRE Trans. Electronic Computers 5 159/1 The clock frequency is 50 kc, obtained from a phonic wheel on the drum. 1995 Railway Age (Nexis) Sept. 79 For train location, SACEM uses phonic wheels, which are equivalent to a tachometer, communicating with wayside beacons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). phonicadj.2 Physics. = phononic adj. at phonon n. Derivatives. ΚΠ 1969 Jrnl. Vacuum Sci. & Technol. 6 214 The desorption of materials from the walls of a vacuum vessel by means of phonic energy has been observed. 1995 Internat. Jrnl. Heat & Mass Transfer 38 3401 For silica, a new result has been obtained: the temperature dependence of the phonic conductivity is found to be similar to that of its specific heat. 2004 Jrnl. Appl. Physics 96 2566 The metrological problem of measuring the phonic thermal diffusivity of semitransparent materials is investigated. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : -phoniccomb. form < adj.1n.1823adj.21969 see also |
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