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PHONAUTOGRAPH
Etymology
Noun
phonautograph (plural phonautographs)
(historical) A device for recording sound vibrations in a visible form.
Source: Wiktionary
Pho*nau"to*graph, n. Etym: [Phono- + Gr. -graph.] (Physics)
Definition: An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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