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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phonographic

Phonographic \Pho`no*graph"ic\, Phonographical \Pho`no*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. phonographique.]

  1. Of or pertaining to phonography; based upon phonography.

  2. Of or pertaining to phonograph; done by the phonograph.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
phonographic

1840, originally in reference to shorthand; see phono- + graphic. Modern sense from 1878.

Wiktionary
phonographic

a. of or relating to phonography or to a phonograph

Usage examples of "phonographic".

It seems that the nurse, who was a suffragette in disguise, had removed the child, a girl, and substituted a mechanical doll, with a phonographic attachment.

Between the diaphragm of the telephone receiver and that of the phonographic microphone is fitted an air chamber of adjustable size, open to the outer atmosphere by a small hole to prevent compression.