Dynamophone

/ˈdaɪnəməˌfoʊn/ noun

Definition

A device or instrument that amplifies or transmits sound using dynamic or mechanical power.

Etymology

From Greek dynamis 'power' + phone 'sound'. A term from early sound engineering and telephone technology (late 1800s) for devices that boosted weak signals.

Kelly Says

Early telephone technicians called amplifiers 'dynamophones' because they used mechanical and electrical power to make whispers audible—it's an ancestor of your phone's speaker system.

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