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AEgophonyAEgophony [AE]*goph"o*ny, n.
Same as Egophony. AntiphonyAntiphony An*tiph"o*ny, n.; pl. Antiphonies. [See
Antiphon.]
1. A musical response; also, antiphonal chanting or signing.
2. An anthem or psalm sung alternately by a choir or
congregation divided into two parts. Also figuratively.
O! never more for me shall winds intone, With all
your tops, a vast antiphony. --R. Browning. Baryphony
Baryphony Ba*ryph"o*ny, n. [Gr. ? heavy + ? a sound voice.]
(Med.)
Difficulty of speech.
Bronchophony
Bronchophony Bron*choph"o*ny, n. [Gr. ? windpipe + ? sound.]
A modification of the voice sounds, by which they are
intensified and heightened in pitch; -- observed in
auscultation of the chest in certain cases of intro-thoracic
disease.
CacophonyCacophony Ca*coph"o*ny, n.; pl. Cacophonies. [Gr. ?????????;
????? bad + ???? sound: cf. F. Cacophonie.]
1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to
the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.
``Cacophonies of all kinds.' --Pope.
2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds.
3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice. Dysphony
Dysphonia Dys*pho"ni*a, Dysphony Dys"pho*ny, n. [NL.
dysphonia, Gr. ?; ? ill, hard + ? sound, voice: cf. F.
dysphonie.] (Med.)
A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved
voice.
EuphonyEuphony Eu"pho*ny, n.; pl. Euphonies. [L. euphonia, Gr. ?,
fr. ? sweet-voiced; ? well + ? sound, voice; akin to ? to
speak: cf. F. euphonie.]
A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of
sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is
pleasing to the ear. Heterophony
Heterophony Het`er*oph"o*ny, n. [Hetero- + Gr. ? voice.]
(Med.)
An abnormal state of the voice. --Mayne.
HomophonyHomophony Ho*moph"o*ny, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. homophonie.]
1. Sameness of sound.
2. (Mus.)
(a) Sameness of sound; unison.
(b) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See
Homophonous. Laryngophony
Laryngophony Lar`yn*goph"o*ny, n. [Larynx + Gr. (?) voice.]
The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when
the latter is placed upon the larynx.
Orthophony
Orthophony Or*thoph"o*ny, n. [Ortho- + Gr. ? voice.]
The art of correct articulation; voice training.
Oxyphony
Oxyphony Ox*yph"o*ny, n. [Gr. ??? sharp + ???? voice.]
Acuteness or shrillness of voice.
Photophony
Photophony Pho*toph"o*ny, n.
The art or practice of using the photophone.
PolyphonyPolyphony Po*lyph"o*ny, n. [Gr. ?.]
1. Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an
echo.
2. Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the
same vocal sign.
3. (Mus.) Composition in mutually related, equally important
parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal
composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody
is given to one part only, the others filling out the
harmony. See Counterpoint. Radiophony
Radiophony Ra`di*oph"o*ny, n. (Physics)
The art or practice of using the radiophone.
RadiotelephonyRadiotelephone Ra`di*o*tel"e*phone, n.
A wireless telephone. -- Ra`di*o*te*leph"o*ny, n. SymphonySymphony Sym"pho*ny, n.; pl. Symphonies. [F. symphonie (cf.
It. sinfonia), L. symphonia, Gr. ?; sy`n with + ? a sound,
the voice. See Phonetic.]
1. A consonance or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear,
whether the sounds are vocal or instrumental, or both.
The trumpets sound, And warlike symphony in heard
around. --Dryden.
2. A stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling
the virginal.
With harp and pipe and symphony. --Chaucer.
3. (Mus.)
(a) An elaborate instrumental composition for a full
orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of
three or four contrasted yet inwardly related
movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and
trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The
term has recently been applied to large orchestral
works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to
explain their meaning, such as the ``symphonic poems'
of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any
composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and
still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal,
partly instrumental.
(b) An instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in
the course of, a vocal composition; a prelude,
interlude, or postude; a ritornello. Tautophony
Tautophony Tau*toph"o*ny, n. [Gr. ?; ?, for ? ? the same + ?
voice.]
Repetition of the same sound.
Telephony
Telephony Te*leph"o*ny, n.
The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as
with the telephone.
Wireless telephonyWireless Wire"less, a.
Having no wire; specif. (Elec.), designating, or pertaining
to, a method of telegraphy, telephony, etc., in which the
messages, etc., are transmitted through space by electric
waves; as, a wireless message.
Wireless telegraphy or telegraph (Elec.), any system of
telegraphy employing no connecting wire or wires between
the transmitting and receiving stations.
Note: Although more or less successful researchers were made
on the subject by Joseph Henry, Hertz, Oliver Lodge,
and others, the first commercially successful system
was that of Guglielmo Marconi, patented in March, 1897.
Marconi employed electric waves of high frequency set
up by an induction coil in an oscillator, these waves
being launched into space through a lofty antenna. The
receiving apparatus consisted of another antenna in
circuit with a coherer and small battery for operating
through a relay the ordinary telegraphic receiver. This
apparatus contains the essential features of all the
systems now in use.
Wireless telephone, an apparatus or contrivance for
wireless telephony.
Wireless telephony, telephony without wires, usually
employing electric waves of high frequency emitted from an
oscillator or generator, as in wireless telegraphy. A
telephone transmitter causes fluctuations in these waves,
it being the fluctuations only which affect the receiver.
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