phon-, phono-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, -phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically, -phony +

An instrument (as a theremin) that produces musical tones by means of oscillating electric circuits; adjective, electrophonic; adverb, electrophonically.

An apparatus that emits a continuous hum whose pitch is changed by interference of brain waves transmitted through oscillators from electrodes attached to the scalp and that is used to diagnose abnormal brain functioning.

An exclamatory sentence or an especially striking summary comment concluding a discourse.

A purely melodic instrument of the electronic family typically played by moving the right hand between two projecting electrodes with the left hand controlling dynamics and articulation; also known as a theremin.

The descriptive word for a pleasant sound

A pleasing sound; having euphony.

To make euphonious.

1. Pleasing or sweet sound, the acoustic effect produced by words so formed and combined as to please the ear; especially, a harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound or striking the ear as being appropriate to the meaning; opposed to cacophony.
2. Tendency to greater ease of pronunciation resulting in regularly observed combinative changes that seem to be caused by increased speed of utterance and economy of effort; as an adjective, euphonic.
3. The quality of having a pleasant sound; the pleasing effect of sounds free from harshness; chiefly with reference to combinations of words in sentences, or of phonetic elements in spoken words.
4. In recent philological use often the tendency to greater ease of pronunciation, as shown in those combinatory phonetic changes formerly ascribed to an endeavour after a pleasing acoustic effect.

An instrument used in experimental psychology designed to furnish sounds whose intensities are in known ratios by permitting balls to drop from different heights upon plates of metal or slate.

Of, having, or belonging to a French-speaking population, especially in a country where two or more languages are spoken.

1. A seismic device used to detect vibrations in the earth.
2. A device for detecting sound waves underground.
3. A seismic transducer that responds to motions of the ground at locations on or below the surface of the earth.
4. A trademark referring to an instrument designed to detect vibrations passing through rocks, soil, or ice.

An instrument for the reproduction of recorded sound, similar in principle to the phonograph but using, instead of a drum, a flat disc containing a spiral groove; a stylus is allowed to rest in the groove as the disc is rotated on a turntable, and the vibrations communicated to the stylus by the iregularities in the groove are transformed into sound vibrations.

In the U.S., phonograph is the generic name for such an instrument.

1. A trademark name used for a phonograph that uses wax records.
2. The name of one of the instruments for recording and reproducing sound.

A form of dysphonia characterized by a throaty quality of the voice sounds.

Pertaining to a male with a feminine voice.