Pho`no*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. In a phonographic manner; by means of
phonograph.
Pho*nog"ra*phist (?), n. Phonographer.
Pho*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Phono- + -graphy.] 1. A description of the laws
of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.
2. A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a
system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification
of his system, much used by reporters.
The consonants are represented by straight lines and curves; the vowels
by dots and short dashes; but by skilled phonographers, in rapid work,
most vowel marks are omitted, and brief symbols for common words and
combinations of words are extensively employed. The following line is
an example of phonography, in which all the sounds are indicated: --
They also serve who only stand and wait.
Milton. 3. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
Pho"no*lite (?), n. [Phono- + -lite: cf. F. phonolithe.] (Min.) A
compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, ha¸ynite, etc.
Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone.
Pho*nol"o*ger (?), n. A phonologist.
{ Pho`no*log"ic (?), Pho`no*log"ic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to
phonology.
Pho*nol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in phonology.
Pho*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Phono- + -logy.] The science or doctrine of the
elementary sounds uttered by the human voice in speech, including the
various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones;
phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.
Pho*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Phono- + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for
measuring sounds, as to their intensity, or the frequency of the
vibrations.
Pho`no*mo"tor (?), n. [Phono- + -motor.] (Physics) An instrument in
which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.
Pho*nor"ga*non (?), n. [NL. See Phono-, and Organon.] A speaking
machine.
Pho"no*scope (?), n. [Phono- + -scope.] (Physics) (a) An instrument for
observing or exhibiting the motions or properties of sounding bodies;
especially, an apparatus invented by Kˆnig for testing the quality of
musical strings. (b) An instrument for producing luminous figures by
the vibrations of sounding bodies.
Pho"no*type (-tp), n. [Phono- + -type.] A type or character used in
phonotypy.
{ Pho`no*typ"ic (?), Pho`no*typ"ic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to
phonotypy; as, a phonotypic alphabet.
Pho*not"y*pist (?), n. One versed in phonotypy.
Pho*not"y*py (?), n. A method of phonetic printing of the English
language, as devised by Mr. Pitman, in which nearly all the ordinary
letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each
elementary sound by a separate character.
||Phor"minx (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;.] A kind of lyre used by the
||Greeks. Mrs. Browning.
||Phor"mi*um (?), n. [NL. fr. Gr. &?; a plaited mat, a kind of plant.]
||(Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species
||(Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant.
Phor"one (?), n. [Camphor + acetone.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline
substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative
of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds.
||Pho*ro"nis (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Phoronis, a surname of Io, Gr. &?;.]
||(Zoˆl.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around
||the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva
||(Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.
||Phor`o*no"mi*a (?), n. [NL.] See Phoronomics.
Phor`o*nom"ics (?), n. [Gr. &?; a carrying, motion + &?; a law.] The
science of motion; kinematics. [R.] Weisbach.
Phos"gene (?), a. [Gr. &?; light + the root of &?; to be born: cf. F.
phosgËne.] (Old Chem.) Producing, or produced by, the action of light;
-- formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl
chloride. See Carbonyl.
Phos"gen*ite (?), n. (Min.) A rare mineral occurring in tetragonal
crystals of a white, yellow, or grayish color and adamantine luster. It
is a chlorocarbonate of lead.
Phos"pham (?), n. [Phosphorus + ammonia.] (Chem.) An inert amorphous
white powder, PN2H, obtained by passing ammonia over heated phosphorus.
[Spelt also phosphame.] -- Phos"pham"ic (#), a.
Phos"phate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of phosphoric acid.
Phos*phat"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, phosphorus,
phosphoric acid, or phosphates; as, phosphatic nodules.
Phosphatic diathesis (Med.), a habit of body which leads to the undue
excretion of phosphates with the urine.
||Phos`pha*tu"ri*a (?), n. [NL. See Phosphate, and Urine.] (Med.) The
||excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.
Phos"phene (?), n. [Gr. &?; light + &?; to show.] (Physiol.) A luminous
impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause
other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure
upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image.
Phos"phide (?), n. (Chem.) A binary compound of phosphorus.
Phos"phine (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia,
and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also
hydrogen phosphide, and formerly, phosphureted hydrogen.
It is the most important compound of phosphorus and hydrogen, and is
produced by the action of caustic potash on phosphorus. It is
spontaneously inflammable, owing to impurities, and in burning produces
peculiar vortical rings of smoke.
Phos*phin"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain
acids analogous to the phosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon
radicals, and derived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation.
Phos"phite (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of phosphorous acid.
Phos*phon"ic (?), a. [Phosphoric + sulphonic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to,
or designating, certain derivatives of phosphorous acid containing a
hydrocarbon radical, and analogous to the sulphonic acid.
Phos*pho"ni*um (?), n. [Phosphorus + ammonium.] (Chem.) The
hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the
nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.
Phos"phor (?), n. [Cf. G. phosphor. See Phosphorus.] 1. Phosphorus.
[Obs.] Addison.
2. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer.
[Poetic] Pope. Tennyson.
Phos"phor*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phosphorated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Phosphorating.] (Chem.) To impregnate, or combine, with phosphorus
or its compounds; as, phosphorated oil.
Phos"phor-bronze` (?), n. [Phosphor + bronze.] (Metal.) A variety of
bronze possessing great hardness, elasticity, and toughness, obtained
by melting copper with tin phosphide. It contains one or two per cent
of phosphorus and from five to fifteen per cent of tin.