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a) A kind of organ pipe.b) A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.See Also: diaphoneme, diaphonic
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Diaphone — Das Diaphon ist ein druckluftbetriebenes Nebelhorn. Das Diaphon basiert auf der Bewegung eines geschlitzten Kolbens in einem Zylinder und wurde 1903 (nach anderen Quellen 1910) dem Mechaniker und Erfinder John Pell Northey, Professor an der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
diaphone — [dī′ə fōn΄] n. [ DIA + PHONE] a group of speech sounds consisting of all the variants of a given phoneme in all the utterances of all the speakers of a given language … English World dictionary
Diaphone — For the organ pipe, see Organ pipe#Diaphone pipes. For the linguistic term, see Diaphoneme. For Diaphone, the Noctuid moth species see Diaphone (moth) The diaphone was a noisemaking device best known for its use as a foghorn: it could produce… … Wikipedia
diaphone — /duy euh fohn /, n. 1. a foghorn producing a low pitched, penetrating signal of two tones. 2. Phonet. a. a phoneme in one dialect corresponding to a similar but phonetically different phoneme in a related dialect. b. a group of sounds comprising… … Universalium
Diaphone — Le Diaphone est un jeu d orgue inventé par Robert Hope Jones. Il l utilise pour la première fois en 1896 dans l orgue de la cathédrale de Worcester (aujourd hui remplacé). Lien externe Organ stops Portail de l’orgue … Wikipédia en Français
Diaphone eumela — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Diaphone (moth) — Diaphone Boophone disticha flowerhead with caterpillars of the Noctuid moth Diaphone eumela Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Diaphone (linguistics) — In linguistics, the term diaphone refers to all the dialectal forms of a phoneme, considered a whole … Wikipedia
diaphone — noun Date: 1906 a fog signal similar to a siren but producing a blast of two tones … New Collegiate Dictionary
diaphone — di·a·phone … English syllables
