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ELECTROPHONE
Etymology
Noun
electrophone (plural electrophones)
(music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electric currents
Source: Wiktionary
E*lec"tro*phone, n. Etym: [Electro- + Gr. (Physics)
Definition: An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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