GRAPHOLITE
\ɡɹˈafəlˌa͡ɪt], \ɡɹˈafəlˌaɪt], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_f_ə_l_ˌaɪ_t]\
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By Noah Webster.
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graf'o-l[=i]t, n. a kind of slate for writing on.--n. GRAPHOM'ETER, an instrument used by surveyors for measuring angles.--adjs. GRAPHOMET'RIC, -AL, pertaining to or determined by a graphometer.--ns. GRAPH'OPHONE, an instrument for recording sounds, based on the principle of the phonograph; GRAPH'OTYPE, a process intended to supersede wood-engraving, but superseded by zincotype. [Gr. graphein, to write, lithos, a stone, metron, a measure, phon[=e], a sound, typos, an impression.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Platidiam
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