zeugmatogram, n.

zeugmatogram
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# zeugmatogramnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zeugmatogram mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zeugmatogram. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How is the noun zeugmatogram pronounced?

#### British English

/z(j)uːɡˈmatəɡram/
zyoog-MAT-uh-gram

#### U.S. English

/ˌzuɡˈmædəˌɡræm/
zoog-MAD-uh-gram

### Where does the noun zeugmatogram come from?

Earliest known use

1970s

The earliest known use of the noun zeugmatogram is in the 1970s.

OED's earliest evidence for zeugmatogram is from 1973, in the writing of P. C. Lauterbur.

zeugmatogram is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons: zeugmatography n., ‑gram comb. form.

### Nearby entries

1. Zetlander, n. 1614–
2. Zetlandic, adj. 1701–
3. zetta-, comb. form
4. Zeuglodon, n. 1839–
5. zeuglodont, n. & adj. 1850–
6. zeuglodontoid, adj. & n. 1891
7. zeugma, n. c1450–
8. zeugmatic, adj. 1851–
9. zeugmatical, adj. 1610–
10. zeugmatically, adv. 1616–
11. zeugmatogram, n.1973–
12. zeugmatographic, adj. 1973–
13. zeugmatography, n. 1973–
14. zeunerite, n. 1873–
15. Zeus, n.¹ 1587–
16. Zeus, n.² 1601–
17. Zeus-like, adj. & adv. 1850–
18. Zeuxian, adj. 1635–
19. Zeuxis, n. 1577–
20. Zeuxis-like, adj. 1665–
21. zeuxite, n. 1836–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by compounding.
< zeugmato- (in zeugmatography n.) + ‑gram comb. form.

## Meaning & use

Physics. Now historical and rare.

1. 1973–
   An image produced by zeugmatography.
   1. 1973

      > At low radio-frequency power..the two capillaries gave nearly identical images in the zeugmatogram.

      P. C. Lauterbur in Nature 16 March 191/1
   2. 1984

      > The zeugmatograms demonstrate that, on X- and Y-type zeolites, the DTBN [= di-t-butylnitroxide] molecules load only a part of the powder.

      Colloids & Surfaces vol. 11 28
   3. 1997

      > The shadow ‘zeugmatogram’ of green pepper.

      Postharvest Biol. & Technology vol. 11 5/2
   life sciences physics historical
   1. plethysmogram 1894–
      A record of changes in bodily volume, produced by a plethysmograph.
   2. population pyramid 1927–
      A roughly triangular figure on a level base, the width of which at any height indicates the numbers having an age proportional to that height; a…
   3. survival curve 1936–
      A curve showing how the number of survivors varies with the size of a radiation dose or with the length of time after a dose.
   4. Scatchard plot 1958–
      Scatchard plot, a graph of the concentration of a solute absorbed by a protein, membrane, cell, or the like against its concentration in the…
   5. zeugmatogram 1973–
      An image produced by zeugmatography.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/z(j)uːɡˈmatəɡram/
zyoog-MAT-uh-gram

### U.S. English

/ˌzuɡˈmædəˌɡræm/
zoog-MAD-uh-gram

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

Originally published as part of the entry for zeugmatography, n.

zeugmatogram, n. was revised in June 2018.

zeugmatogram, n. was last modified in July 2023.