ACROPHONY | • acrophony n. The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented… • ACROPHONY n. the use of a word starting with a letter of the alphabet as the name of the letter. |
AMBIOPHONY | • AMBIOPHONY n. the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall. |
APOPHONY | • apophony n. (Phonetics) Alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional). • APOPHONY n. a change in root vowels of verb forms. |
AUTOPHONY | • autophony n. The unusually loud hearing of a person’s own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds. • autophony n. (Medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer’s own voice, while… • AUTOPHONY n. apparent distortion of one's own voice due to infection or stoppage of ears. |
CACOPHONY | • cacophony n. A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance. • CACOPHONY n. the harsh joining of sounds. |
COLOPHONY | • colophony n. Rosin; the residue left after the distillation of oil of turpentine from liquid resin, used in pharmaceutical… • COLOPHONY n. rosin. |
GRAMOPHONY | • gramophony n. The business or study of gramophones. • GRAMOPHONY n. (obsolete) the use of the gramophone. |
HETEROPHONY | • heterophony n. (Music) The simultaneous performance by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody. • HETEROPHONY n. an independent variation on a single melody by two or more voices. |
HOMOPHONY | • homophony n. (Music) a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords. • homophony n. The quality of being homophonous. • HOMOPHONY n. sameness of sound. |
LARYNGOPHONY | • laryngophony n. The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed upon the larynx. • LARYNGOPHONY n. the sound of the voice as heard through the stethoscope applied over the larynx. |
MONOPHONY | • monophony n. (Music) The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment. • MONOPHONY n. a composition for one voice. |
PHOTOPHONY | • photophony n. The art or practice of using the photophone. • PHOTOPHONY n. the art or practice of using the photophone. |
QUADROPHONY | • QUADROPHONY n. a system of sound transmission using four speakers, also QUADRAPHONICS, QUADRAPHONY, QUADRIPHONICS, QUADROPHONICS. |
RADIOPHONY | • radiophony n. (Dated) The use of the radiophone. • RADIOPHONY n. the art or practice of using the radiophone. |
STEREOPHONY | • stereophony n. The reproduction of stereophonic sound. • STEREOPHONY n. the reproduction of sound. |
TAUTOPHONY | • tautophony n. Repetition of the same sound. • TAUTOPHONY n. repetition of the same sound. |