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phantasmograph

phantasmograph noun: an apparatus for printing magic-lantern slides, consisting of a long box, at one end of which the quarter-plate negative and the lantern plate in contact with it are placed.

Noun

phantasmograph (plural phantasmographs)

  1. (historical) An apparatus for printing magic-lantern slides, consisting of a long box, at one end of which the quarter-plate negative and the lantern plate in contact with it are placed.

Forms of phantasmograph

pluralphantasmographs

Questions about phantasmograph

What does phantasmograph mean?
Phantasmograph means an apparatus for printing magic-lantern slides, consisting of a long box, at one end of which the quarter-plate negative and the lantern plate in contact with it are placed.
What part of speech is phantasmograph?
Phantasmograph is a noun.
What is the plural of phantasmograph?
The plural of phantasmograph is phantasmographs.

Words near phantasmograph in the dictionary

  1. phantasmatography
  2. phantasmic
  3. phantasmical
  4. phantasmically
  5. phantasmogenetic
  6. phantasmograph
  7. phantasmographs
  8. phantasmological
  9. phantasmology
  10. phantasmophobia
  11. phantasms

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