Chapter Phœnicious to Photics of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Phonographist
(Pho*nog"ra*phist) n. Phonographer.

Phonography
(Pho*nog"ra*phy) n. [Phono- + -graphy.]

1. A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.

2. 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.

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. 3. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.

Phonolite
(Pho"no*lite) n. [Phono- + -lite: cf. F. phonolithe.] (Min.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, haüynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; — called also clinkstone.

Phonologer
(Pho*nol"o*ger) n. A phonologist.

Phonologic
(Pho`no*log"ic Pho`no*log"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to phonology.

Phonologist
(Pho*nol"o*gist) n. One versed in phonology.

Phonology
(Pho*nol"o*gy) n. [Phono- + -logy.] The science or doctrine of the elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.

Phonometer
(Pho*nom"e*ter) n. [Phono- + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring sounds, as to their intensity, or the frequency of the vibrations.

Phonomotor
(Pho`no*mo"tor) n. [Phono- + -motor.] (Physics) An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.

Phonorganon
(Pho*nor"ga*non) n. [NL. See Phono-, and Organon.] A speaking machine.

Phonoscope
(Pho"no*scope) n. [Phono- + -scope.] (Physics) (a) An instrument for observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies; especially, an apparatus invented by König for testing the quality of musical strings. (b) An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.

Phonotype
(Pho"no*type) n. [Phono- + -type.] A type or character used in phonotypy.

Phonotypic
(Pho`no*typ"ic Pho`no*typ"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet.

Phonotypist
(Pho*not"y*pist) n. One versed in phonotypy.

Phonotypy
(Pho*not"y*py) n. A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character.

Phorminx
(||Phor"minx) n. [NL., fr. Gr. .] A kind of lyre used by the Greeks. Mrs. Browning.

Phormium
(||Phor"mi*um) n. [NL. fr. Gr. a plaited mat, a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species See Flax-plant.