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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A mechanical apparatus, used principally in Hammond organs, that converts the spinning movement of an electric motor into electronic musical notes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree English tone Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English tonewheel From tone + wheel.
