Pho"lad (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any species of Pholas.
Pho*la"de*an (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Pholad.
||Pho"las (?), n.; pl. Pholades (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a kind of
||mollusk.] (Zoˆl.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve
||mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family PholadidÊ. They bore holes
||for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.
Pho"nal (?), a.[Gr. &?; the voice.] Of or relating to the voice; as,
phonal structure. Max M¸ller.
Pho`nas*cet"ics (?), n. [Gr. &?; to practice the voice; &?; voice + &?;
to practice.] Treatment for restoring or improving the voice.
Pho*na"tion (?), n. [Gr. &?; the voice.] The act or process by which
articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds;
articulate speech.
Pho*nau"to*graph (?), n. [Phono- + Gr. &?; self + -graph.] (Physics) 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.
Pho*nei"do*scope (?), n. [Phono- + Gr. &?; form + -scope.] (Physics) An
instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical
means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a
film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and
position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.
Pho*net"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; a sound, tone; akin to Gr. &?; to
speak: cf. F. phonÈtique. See Ban a proclamation.] 1. Of or pertaining
to the voice, or its use.
2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; -- opposed to
ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing
one sound only; -- contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use
of the Roman alphabet.
Pho*net"ic*al*ly, adv. In a phonetic manner.
Pho`ne*ti"cian (?), n. One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.
Pho*net"ics (?), n. 1. The doctrine or science of sounds; especially
those of the human voice; phonology.
2. The art of representing vocal sounds by signs and written
characters.
Pho"ne*tism (?), n. The science which treats of vocal sounds. J. Peile.
Pho"ne*tist (?), n. 1. One versed in phonetics; a phonologist.