78

Between seventy-seven, seventy-nine

Seventy-eight, a number between seventy-seven and seventy-nine.

In music, a 78 is a phonograph record designed to play at 78 revolutions per minute—the standard speed before vinyl LPs replaced them in the mid-twentieth century: My grandmother still has a collection of old 78s in the attic.

rpm

vinyl

Synthetic resin plastic

gramophone · LP · shellac · stylus · needle · groove · platter · tonearm · cartridge · audiophile

cardinal

counting

Determining quantity sequentially

integer · quantity · digit · figure · numeral · seventy-eight · sequence · ordinal · listing · tabulation

lucky

fortune

Wealth or destiny

kismet · blessed · prosperity · windfall · fluke · favorable · providential · felicitous · opportune · golden

Categories
Opposites
number type

7878th

Position seventy-eight

ordinal · seventy-eighth · prime number · 79 · 77

magnitude/scale

780

Numeral for nothing

zero · infinity · nothing · 1

record format

7833

Integer after thirty-two

LP · 45 · long-playing record · CD · digital

Phrases
  • 78 RPMEarly gramophone disc speed
Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G