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thermophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mo-phone
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of transducer that generates sound waves of precise power.

noun

A portable telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.

noun

A telephone involving heat effects, as changes in temperature (hence in length) due to pulsations of the line current in a fine wire connected with the receiver diaphragm.

Etymology

From thermo- + -phone.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

thermophones (plural)

Questions

What does thermophone mean?
A form of transducer that generates sound waves of precise power.
Where does thermophone come from?
From thermo- + -phone.

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