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phonogram
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phonogram has 1 sense
- phonogram(n = noun.communication) Array - any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word; Array is a kind of printed symbol, written symbol
Derived form adjective phonogramic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
phonogram, n. [Phono- + -gram.].
- A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound. [1913 Webster]"Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs, which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs, which stand for the articulations of which words are composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which represent the elementary sounds into which the syllable can be resolved." [1913 Webster]
- A record of sounds made by a phonograph. [1913 Webster]
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