单词 | radiophonic |
释义 | radiophonicadj. 1. Of or relating to radiophony (radiophony n. 1) or radio broadcasting. Now historical.Quot. 1889 is from the description of an experimental television system. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > other types of sound telecommunication > [adjective] telephonic?1835 photophonic1880 radiophonic1881 telephoned1890 sonar1943 1881 Sci. Amer. 5 Feb. 89/3 Radiophonic notes, such is the new term, have been obtained by M. Mercadier from ordinary gas lamps. 1889 Science 13 Dec. 402/1 The transformation of the luminous waves into electric currents is performed by means of a radiophonic receiver forming part of an electrical circuit. 1927 Olean (N.Y.) Times 8 Dec. 16/1 Yesterday, commercial radiophonic conversation was inaugurated between the United States and Great Britain. 1954 Musical Times 95 37/2 There have been such an accumulation of radiophonic artifices (superimposed recordings, music played over at double speed, etc.) that the real musical value of a work seemed in peril. 1963 C. Stewart tr. A.Silbermann Sociol. of Music v. 155 We found ourselves on the road to the institutionalization of music long before the invention of the radiophonic system of communication. 2. Of or relating to synthetic sound effects, esp. electronic or pre-recorded ones as used in radio broadcasting, usually in conjunction with conventional material; designating such effects.This use is prefigured by examples such as quot. 1954 at sense 1, where the sense is ‘peculiar to radio broadcasting’. The term is reported to have been adopted by the B.B.C. at a meeting of 6 March 1957, in preference to an earlier suggestion of ‘electrophonic’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [adjective] > synthetic radiophonic1958 1958 Times 24 May 10/2 B.B.C.'s Radiophonic Workshop. A ‘workshop’ for producing synthetic sounds, partly by electronic oscillators and partly by trickery with conventional sounds recorded on tape has been set up by the B.B.C. at their Maida Vale studios. 1972 Listener 21 Dec. 872/3 Not a Goon Show script, but..one of Michael Mason's radiophonic workshop larks. 1986 J. Bentham Doctor Who: Early Years (BNC) Up in the gallery a careful watch is being kept on sound levels to ensure the noise from the fan is drowned out by the radiophonic wind effect. 1995 Guardian 28 Oct. (Outlook section) 26/7 Radio 3's radiogenic Between the Ears series ended its run with a programme called Facing the Radio, in which coming radiophonic devices were given an airing. Derivatives radioˈphonicist n. rare a person who produces radiophonic effects; cf. radiophonist n. (b) at radiophony n. Derivatives. ΚΠ 1958 Listener 28 Aug. 319/3 Our local radiophonicists and ‘concrete’ music men have too often seized upon noise in the higher octaves to drive home dramatic nails that would have seemed excruciating even to Jael. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1881 |
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