"holophone" meaning in English

See holophone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: holophones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} holophone (plural holophones)
  1. (science fiction) A hologrammatic telecommunication device. Categories (topical): Science fiction

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011, Tom Bielawski, The Centaurus Legacy: The Orion Trilogy Volume 0:",
          "text": "The holophone beeped in that strange way that all phones did on Churchill Drift, before it was answered. Relief flooded through him when the holophone clicked on. Then dread filled him when an accented voice answered.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, John Perritano, Madness of Captain Cyclops, page 24:",
          "text": "The men appeared at Kid Squad headquarters in a holophone transmission. The holophone was a cool communication device that Gadget had helped invent.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Robert Ricks, Three Simple Rules, page 43:",
          "text": "There was another chime and then the screen on the holophone dimmed and began to project a holographic image that was a still frame of a person who looked a lot like Jason.",
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        "(science fiction) A hologrammatic telecommunication device."
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