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pantelephones

pantelephones is the plural of pantelephone.

Meaning of pantelephone

Noun

pantelephone (plural pantelephones)

  1. (historical) An early device for voice transmission, in which the contact of variable resistance is formed between a fixed piece of platinum and a small carbon lozenge attached to a plate of cork suspended by two springs on the upper part.

Questions about pantelephones

What is pantelephones the plural of?
Pantelephones is the plural of pantelephone.

Words near pantelephones in the dictionary

  1. pantelegraphic
  2. pantelegraphs
  3. pantelegraphy
  4. Panteleimon
  5. pantelephone
  6. pantelephones
  7. Pantelimon
  8. Pantelis
  9. Pantelleria
  10. pantellerite
  11. pantellerites

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