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Dictaphone
(Dic¦ta|phone)
Pronunciation:
/ˈdɪktəfəʊn/
noun
trademark
a small cassette recorder used to record speech for transcription at a later time.
Origin:
early 20th century
: from
dictate
or
dictation
+
-phone
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