"biophotophone" meaning in All languages combined

See biophotophone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: biophotophones [plural]
Etymology: From bio- + photo- + -phone. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bio-|photo-|-phone}} bio- + photo- + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} biophotophone (plural biophotophones)
  1. (historical) An instrument combining a cinematograph and a phonograph so that the moving figures on the screen are accompanied by the appropriate sounds; an early kind of film projector. Tags: historical

Inflected forms

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