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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 aerophone
 空中探音機,管樂器

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 A·ër·o·phone n.   (a) A form of combined speaking and ear trumpet. (b) An instrument, proposed by Edison, for greatly intensifying speech. It consists of a phonograph diaphragm so arranged that its action opens and closes valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of vibration.
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