auxetophone

English

Etymology

Formed from Ancient Greek αὐξητός (auxētós, “that can be increased”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːksətəfəʊn/

Noun

auxetophone (plural auxetophones)

1. (historical) A pneumatic type of sound-playback device used in the early part of the twentieth century.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 256:

     It was something that had come out during the séance tonight, none of which Madame Eskimoff had any direct memory of, although like all T.W.I.T.-sanctioned sittings, it had been recorded by means of a Parsons-Short Auxetophone.