"motograph" meaning in English

See motograph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: motographs [plural]
Etymology: moto- + -graph Etymology templates: {{confix|en|moto|graph}} moto- + -graph Head templates: {{en-noun}} motograph (plural motographs)
  1. (historical) A device used in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface. Tags: historical

Inflected forms

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