PHONOGRAPHY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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.

3.
n.

The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.