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pallophotophone

pallophotophone noun: a device that records sounds on photographic film.

Noun

pallophotophone (plural pallophotophones)

  1. (historical) A device that records sounds on photographic film.

Forms of pallophotophone

pluralpallophotophones

Origin of pallophotophone

Coined by the inventor Charles Hoxie ca. 1922 from πάλλω (pállō, “shaking”) + φωτός (phōtós, “light”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”)

Questions about pallophotophone

What does pallophotophone mean?
Pallophotophone means a device that records sounds on photographic film.
What part of speech is pallophotophone?
Pallophotophone is a noun.
What is the plural of pallophotophone?
The plural of pallophotophone is pallophotophones.

Words near pallophotophone in the dictionary

  1. pallographs
  2. pallography
  3. palloidin
  4. pallone
  5. Pallones
  6. pallophotophone
  7. pallophotophones
  8. pallopterid
  9. pallopterids
  10. pallor
  11. pallors

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