phonography
phonography is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters. Note: The consonants are represented by straight lines and curves; the vowels by dots and short dashes; but by skilled phonographers, in rapid work, most vowel marks are omitted, and brief symbols for common words and combinations of words are extensively employed. The following line is an example of phonography, in which all the sounds are indicated: -- They also serve who only stand and wait. Milton.
- 2.The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- abecedary
- accent
- acoustics
- affix
- alphabet
- alphabetical
- anagram
- anagrammatism
- and
- aspirate
- audibility
- audible
- breathing
- cadence
- character
- christcross-row
- cipher
- consonant
- dental
- diacoustics
- diaphonics
- digraph
- diphthong
- dissyllable
- distinct
- emit
- give
- guttural
- hieroglyphic
- ideogram
- ideograph
- intonation
- labial
- letter
- liquid
- literal
- majuscule
- make
- metagrammatism
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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