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detectographs

detectographs is the plural of detectograph.

Meaning of detectograph

Noun

detectograph (plural detectographs)

  1. An early audio recording device used in wiretaps.
    • There were no stenographers and no detectographs in those days, and there is no record of this interview, fraught with such tremendous benefit to Germany and all Europe[…]1914, United States Congress, Congressional edition

Questions about detectographs

What is detectographs the plural of?
Detectographs is the plural of detectograph.

Words near detectographs in the dictionary

  1. detectives
  2. detectiving
  3. detectivities
  4. detectivity
  5. detectograph
  6. detectographs
  7. detector
  8. detector bar
  9. detector bars
  10. detector van
  11. detector vans

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