Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to radiophony, or the production of sound by the action of a beam of light and heat; relating to the radiophone, or produced by it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Of or pertaining to the
radiophone - adjective Describing
sound effects created to accompanyradio broadcasts asbackground music - adjective Describing a type of sound art practice that extends the established radio drama and documentary form by the use of sonic abstractions. Perhaps first used by Pierre Schaeffer in his Essai Radiophoniques and subsequently taken up by the BBC to describe their famous BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or by means of radiotelephony
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Examples
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Sounds for programs were created by using recordings of everyday sounds such as voices, bells, gravel and other raw materials for "radiophonic" manipulations, in which audio tape could be played back at different speeds, pitches, cut and joined, or processed.
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ACR tends to ask artists from an array of disciplinary backgrounds to arrange and to compare their artistic practice to radiophonic creation.
Nicole Garton: Ingenue Interview -- Chloe: Chasser Croiser/The Surreal and Its Echo Nicole Garton 2011
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ACR tends to ask artists from an array of disciplinary backgrounds to arrange and to compare their artistic practice to radiophonic creation.
Nicole Garton: Ingenue Interview -- Chloe: Chasser Croiser/The Surreal and Its Echo Nicole Garton 2011
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I selected some interviews from the French National Archives, interviews from Man Ray, Duchamp, Elsa Triolet, Aragon, etc. and then I made a forty-minute radiophonic piece.
Nicole Garton: Ingenue Interview -- Chloe: Chasser Croiser/The Surreal and Its Echo Nicole Garton 2011
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ACR tends to ask artists from an array of disciplinary backgrounds to arrange and to compare their artistic practice to radiophonic creation.
Nicole Garton: Ingenue Interview -- Chloe: Chasser Croiser/The Surreal and Its Echo Nicole Garton 2011
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Successful women abounded – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Kirsty Wark – but they were there to do their radiophonic duty by looking nice in frocks and presenting awards to the men, hey ho.
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I selected some interviews from the French National Archives, interviews from Man Ray, Duchamp, Elsa Triolet, Aragon, etc. and then I made a forty-minute radiophonic piece.
Nicole Garton: Ingenue Interview -- Chloe: Chasser Croiser/The Surreal and Its Echo Nicole Garton 2011
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I selected some interviews from the French National Archives, interviews from Man Ray, Duchamp, Elsa Triolet, Aragon, etc. and then I made a forty-minute radiophonic piece.
Nicole Garton: Ingenue Interview -- Chloe: Chasser Croiser/The Surreal and Its Echo Nicole Garton 2011
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Let's remove one of the main reasons people drive: The pleasure of radiophonic entertainment custom-designed for a listener surrounded by cupholders.
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Chris Morris born 1965 started his career on radio, the clip above is from his television work, which – so it is said – is a little less powerful than his radiophonic work, but works better on the blog format.
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