Home › Words › E › ediphoneediphoneediphone means an early recording device for dictation, using wax cylinders as a medium.EtymologyNamed after Thomas Edison.nounAn early recording device for dictation, using wax cylinders as a medium.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dictaphone 72% match — A dictation machine. vs ediphone →telegraphone 69% match — An early device for recording sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver or similar. vs ediphone →telephonograph 67% match — A device for the recording and transmission of sound. vs ediphone →detectograph 65% match — An early audio recording device used in wiretaps. vs ediphone →dictaphonic 64% match — Of or relating to a dictaphone. vs ediphone →dictograph 64% match — A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations. vs ediphone →phonograph 62% match — A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe. vs ediphone →magnetophone 61% match — A tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium). vs ediphone →