gramophone

UK: /ˈgræməfəʊn/ US: (gram′ə fōn′)

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gram•o•phone  (gram′ə fōn′), n. 

1. Sound Reproduction a phonograph.

• apparently inversion of phonogram now obsolete name for a phonographic cylinder 1887; origin, originally a trademark

gram•o•phon•ic  (gram′ə fon′ik), gram′o•phon′i•cal, adj.  gram′o•phon′i•cal•ly, adv. 

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gramophone / ˈɡræməˌfəʊn/ noun

1. 
   Also called: acoustic gramophone a device for reproducing the sounds stored on a record: now usually applied to the nearly obsolete type that uses a clockwork motor and acoustic horn
   US and Canadian name: phonograph
2. (as modifier): a gramophone record
3. the technique and practice of recording sound on disc: the gramophone made music more widely accessible

Etymology: 19th Century: originally a trademark, perhaps based on an inversion of phonogram; see phono-, -gram