TELHARMONIUM

Meaning of TELHARMONIUM in English

/tel'hahr moh"nee euhm/ , n.

a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.

[ TEL- 1 + HARMONIUM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TELHARMONIUM — |tel+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from tel- (I) + -harmonium : an instrument for producing music at a distant point …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TELHARMONIUM — (n.) An instrument for producing music (Tel*har"mo*ny [/]), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents of …
Английский словарь Webster
TELHARMONIUM — add. ·noun an instrument for producing music (tel*har"mo*ny ), at a distant point or points by means of alternating currents …
Webster English vocab
TELHARMONIUM — also called Dynamophone, earliest musical instrument to generate sound electrically. It was invented in the United States by Thaddeus Cahill …
Britannica English vocabulary
TELHARMONIC — (a.) Of or pertaining to telharmonium.
Английский словарь Webster
TELHARMONIC — add. ·adj of or pertaining to telharmonium.
Webster English vocab
ELECTRONIC ORGAN — also called Electric Organ, or Electrophonic Organ, keyboard musical instrument in which tone is generated by electronic circuits and radiated …
Britannica English vocabulary
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT — any musical instrument that produces or modifies sounds by electric, and usually electronic, means. The electronic element in such music …
Britannica English vocabulary

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