audiospectrograph

noun

au·​di·​o·​spectrograph

¦ȯdē(ˌ)ō +

plural -s

: an instrument that measures sound and records the measurement on a record sheet

Word History

Etymology

audio- + spectrograph

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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