78

I

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight

• Syn: ↑seventy-eight, ↑LXXVIII

• Hypernyms: ↑large integer

2. a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute

• Syn: ↑seventy-eight

• Hypernyms: ↑phonograph record, ↑phonograph recording, ↑record, ↑disk, ↑disc, ↑platter

II

adjective

being eight more than seventy

• Syn: ↑seventy-eight, ↑lxxviii

• Similar to: ↑cardinal

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/sev"euhn tee ayt"/, n., pl. 78s, 78's.

an early type of shellac-based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute.

[1950-55]

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sev|en|ty-eight or 78 «SEHV uhn tee AYT», noun.

a phonograph record which revolves at 78 revolutions per minute.