\Pho"no*gram\, n. [Phono- + -gram.]
1. A letter, character, or mark used to represent a
   particular sound.
         Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs,
         which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs,
         which stand for the articulations of which words are
         composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which
         represent the elementary sounds into which the
         syllable can be resolved.             --I. Taylor
                                               (The
                                               Alphabet).
2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph.