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A foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones
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diaphone
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Diaphone is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
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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
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.