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A foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones
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diaphone
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Etymology 1 n. 1 A kind of organ pipe. 2 A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air. Etymology 2 n. 1 (context linguistics English) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme. 2 All the dialectal ...
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n. a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones
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The diaphone is a noisemaking device best known for its use as a foghorn : It can produce deep, powerful tones, able to carry a long distance. Although they have fallen out of favor, diaphones were also used at some fire stations and in other situations ...
Usage examples of diaphone.
The sound of an air diaphone fog signal emitted from the loud-speaker.
The engine started up with a roar, and the renewed cheers were drowned out when the tanker that towered above the pumping station sounded its great diaphone horn.