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photophones

photophones is the plural of photophone.

Meaning of photophone

Noun (1)

photophone (plural photophones)

  1. (historical) A device that transmitted sound on a beam of light.

Noun (2)

photophone (plural photophones)

  1. (dated) A stills-only camera phone. Used to distinguish from video-capable camera cell phones and camera-less cell phones.
  2. A combination highly-capable digital camera and smartphone.

Questions about photophones

What is photophones the plural of?
Photophones is the plural of photophone.

Words near photophones in the dictionary

  1. photophobism
  2. photophobotactic
  3. photophobotaxis
  4. photophobous
  5. photophone
  6. photophones
  7. photophonic
  8. photophonophobia
  9. photophony
  10. photophore
  11. photophores

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photophones (page history and authors); photophone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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