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DIAPHONE
diaphone
(noun) a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
diaphone (plural diaphones)
A kind of organ pipe.
A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
Etymology 2
Dia(lect) + phone
Noun
diaphone (plural diaphones)
(phonology) A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme.
(phonology) All the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
Source: Wiktionary
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