"photographone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: photographones [plural]
Etymology: Blend of photograph + -phone Etymology templates: {{blend|en|photograph|-phone}} Blend of photograph + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} photographone (plural photographones)
  1. (dated) A device, consisting essentially of an electric arc and a camera, by which a series of photographs of the variations of the arc due to sound waves are obtained for reproduction by means of a selenium cell and a telephone. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-photographone-en-noun-Nfxd2HVB Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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