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单词 actinophone
释义

actinophonen.

Brit. /ˈaktᵻnə(ʊ)fəʊn/, U.S. /ˈæktənoʊˌfoʊn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: actino- comb. form, -phone comb. form.
Etymology: < actino- comb. form + -phone comb. form. Compare actinophonic adj.
rare. Now disused.
An apparatus in which sound is produced as a result of the action of sunlight on it.
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1881 A. G. Bell in Nature 12 May 44 We have decided to..limit the word..actinophone..to apparatus for the production of sound..by actinic rays.
1908 W. L. Hubbard Musical Dict. 14/1 Actinophone, an instrument in which a sound is produced by the successive expansions and contractions of a body under the action of a rapidly intermittent ray of concentrated sunlight.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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