What does diaphone mean?
Definitions for diaphone
di·a·phone
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Princeton's WordNet
diaphonenoun
a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones
Wiktionary
diaphonenoun
A kind of organ pipe.
diaphonenoun
A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
diaphonenoun
A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme.
diaphonenoun
All the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
Wikipedia
Diaphone
The diaphone is a noisemaking device best known for its use as a foghorn: It can produce deep, powerful tones, able to carry a long distance. Although they have fallen out of favor, diaphones were also used at some fire stations and in other situations where a loud, audible signal was required.
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Diaphone
The diaphone was a noisemaking device best known for its use as a foghorn: it could produce deep, powerful tones able to carry a long distance. Diaphones were also used at some fire stations and in other situations where a loud audible signal was required.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of diaphone in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of diaphone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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