wax cylinder

collocation in English

meaningsofwaxandcylinder

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wax
noun
uk
/wæks/us
/wæks/
a solid substance containing a lot of fat that becomes soft and melts ...
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cylinder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪl.ɪn.dər/us
/ˈsɪl.ɪn.dɚ/
a solid or hollow tube with long straight sides and two circular ends the same size, or an object shaped like this, often used as ...
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(Definition ofwaxandcylinderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The heated died has raised lettering and makes and impression on the end surface of thewaxcylinder.
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Several experimentalwaxcylinderrecordings of music and speech made in 1888 still exist.
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Under one of them he finds the lastwaxcylinder.
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While there, he recorded awaxcylinder, as reported in the press at the time, but which was then lost for more than 120 years.
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She also finds awaxcylinder.
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Tainter received a separate patent for a tube assembly machine to automatically produce the coiled cardboard tubes which served as the foundation for thewaxcylinderrecords.
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Tainter received a separate patent for a tube assembly machine to automatically produce the coiled cardboard tubes, which served as the foundation for thewaxcylinderrecords.
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There was also the precedent of wax cylinders, which were produced in small workshops where lesser-known artists would record perhaps ten copies of a favourite song at a time.
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Initially, she recorded on wax cylinders; then from 1939 to 1949, on aluminum and acetate discs; and in later years, on reel-to-reel tapes.
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Dictabelts were more convenient and provided better audio quality than the reusable wax cylinders they replaced.
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He has a limited long-term memory and needs wax cylinders from cold storage to remember his earlier days.
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This perpetuated the use of wax cylinders for voice recording, which had otherwise been eclipsed by disc-based technology.
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Beginning in 1889, prerecorded wax cylinders were marketed.
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As technology advanced, researchers graduated from depending on wax cylinders and the phonograph, to digital recordings and video cameras.
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No machine is available to play these wax cylinders now.
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He then continues to study the papers in the house and records his fears onto the wax cylinders.
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The hard inflexible material could not be shaved and recorded over unlike wax cylinders, but had the advantage of being a nearly permanent record.
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