Definitions

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  • adjective relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable)
  • adjective resembling in sound that produced by such equipment

Etymologies

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electrophone +‎ -ic

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Examples

  • Eye-witness accounts were n accord with a large meteoroid/small asteroid entry, with a body passing overhead accompanied by a terrific roar (presumably electrophonic effects), later concussions, and the sky being lit up like daylight.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • "Tunguska event"; fire and "depopulation" - "An ear-piercing" whistling "sound, which might be understood as being a manifestation of the electrophonic phenomena which have been discussed in WGN over the past few years; the sun appearing to be" blood-red "before the explosion.

    Signs of the Times 2009

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