phonophoricadj.
/ˌfəʊnəˈfɒrɪk/, U.S. /ˌfoʊnəˈfɔrɪk/ΘΚΠ
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phonophoric1878
phonoporic1885
1878 Manufacturer & Builder July 152/1 Mr. Scott used pumice or asbestos, from which he cuts the phonophoric tablets, spheres, or cylinders.
1889 Times (Weekly ed.) 29 Mar. 5/2 Phonophoric messages can be transmitted and received through an ordinary line wire by the phonophore.
2. Linguistics. Expressing or representing a speech sound.
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1979 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 99 430/2 If we reconstruct the second of the two as **żṅ?ang on the basis of its phonophoric element.., we arrive at an even closer phonetic correspondence.
2001 V. H. Mair Columbia Hist. Chinese Lit. i. 35 The nature of the writing systems (fundamentally morphosyllabic with semantic determinatives and phonophoric [sound-bearing] elements..) is remarkably similar in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China.
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