"visiphone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: visiphones [plural]
Etymology: Possible derived from vision + phone. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|vision|phone|notext=1}} vision + phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} visiphone (plural visiphones)
  1. (science fiction, dated) A telephone capable of making video calls. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Science fiction Synonyms: videophone
    Sense id: en-visiphone-en-noun-KxdErc7Y Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

Verb

Forms: visiphones [present, singular, third-person], visiphoning [participle, present], visiphoned [participle, past], visiphoned [past]
Etymology: Possible derived from vision + phone. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|vision|phone|notext=1}} vision + phone Head templates: {{en-verb}} visiphone (third-person singular simple present visiphones, present participle visiphoning, simple past and past participle visiphoned)
  1. (science fiction, dated) To call someone using a visiphone. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Science fiction Synonyms: videophone
    Sense id: en-visiphone-en-verb-FCmXWMVr Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

Inflected forms

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