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photographone

photographone noun: a device, consisting essentially of an electric arc and a camera, by which a series of photographs of the variations of the arc due to sound waves are obtained for reproduction by means of a selenium cell and a telephone.

Noun

photographone (plural photographones)

  1. (dated) A device, consisting essentially of an electric arc and a camera, by which a series of photographs of the variations of the arc due to sound waves are obtained for reproduction by means of a selenium cell and a telephone.

Forms of photographone

pluralphotographones

Origin of photographone

Blend of photograph + -phone.

Questions about photographone

What does photographone mean?
Photographone means a device, consisting essentially of an electric arc and a camera, by which a series of photographs of the variations of the arc due to sound waves are obtained for reproduction by means of a selenium cell and a telephone.
What part of speech is photographone?
Photographone is a noun.
What is the plural of photographone?
The plural of photographone is photographones.

Words near photographone in the dictionary

  1. photographized
  2. photographizes
  3. photographizing
  4. photographometer
  5. photographometers
  6. photographone
  7. photographones
  8. photographs
  9. photography
  10. photogravitational
  11. photogravitropic

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