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nyctograph

nyctograph noun: a device that allows a person to write in a form of shorthand (nyctography) in the dark.

Noun

nyctograph (uncountable)

  1. A device that allows a person to write in a form of shorthand (nyctography) in the dark.

Origin of nyctograph

From nycto- + -graph.

Questions about nyctograph

What does nyctograph mean?
Nyctograph means a device that allows a person to write in a form of shorthand (nyctography) in the dark.
What part of speech is nyctograph?
Nyctograph is a noun.

Words near nyctograph in the dictionary

  1. nyctitheriid
  2. nyctitheriids
  3. nyctitropic
  4. nyctitropism
  5. nycto-
  6. nyctograph
  7. nyctography
  8. nyctohemeral
  9. nyctohylophobia
  10. nyctophile
  11. nyctophiles

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