graphophone means an improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
noun
- An improvement on the phonograph, using a floating stylus to cut grooves into a wax-coated cardboard cylinder.“And then I see that the grip she was carrying was one of them little graphophones.”
- An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen.