"picturephone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: picturephones [plural]
Etymology: picture + phone; a trademark of the 1960s for the earliest such device. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|picture|phone}} picture + phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} picturephone (plural picturephones)
  1. videophone

Inflected forms

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