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electrographic

electrographic adjective: of or relating to a technology that translates pencil marks on paper into punched cards.

Adjective

electrographic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a technology that translates pencil marks on paper into punched cards
  2. Relating to electrically-powered signage that shows illuminated images
    • […] the distinguished electrographic neon work of Vaughan Cannon's Young Electric Sign Company […]1996, Surface
    • As early as 1965, however, Tom Wolfe sensed the importance of "electrographic architecture," the phantasmagoric billboards along 79.2000, Postmodern Studies, volume 28, page 127

Origin of electrographic

From electro- + graphic.

Words formed from electrographic

Questions about electrographic

What does electrographic mean?
Electrographic means of or relating to a technology that translates pencil marks on paper into punched cards.
What part of speech is electrographic?
Electrographic is an adjective.

Words near electrographic in the dictionary

  1. electrogradient
  2. electrogradients
  3. electrogram
  4. electrograms
  5. electrograph
  6. electrographic
  7. electrographical
  8. electrographically
  9. electrographics
  10. electrographite
  11. electrographs

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