readograph
readograph noun: a backlit sign on which are placed moveable letters spelling out messages - typically used over the entrance of a cinema to indicate what shows are playing.
Noun
readograph (plural readographs)
- A backlit sign on which are placed moveable letters spelling out messages - typically used over the entrance of a cinema to indicate what shows are playing.
- It has a very narrow facade that gives little indication of the huge auditorium behind it, and before the restoration most of that facade was occupied by a cinema-style "readograph" announcing coming attractions.1992, TCI: The Business of Entertainment Technology & Design
- The readograph tells you what movie is playing. I know, because I'm the one that changes it, up above over the street, little red and green letters that tell you what is on, sometimes who is in it, and that's really all you need to know.1994, Peter Eastwood, Epoch - Volume 43, page 10
Forms of readograph
| plural | readographs |
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Origin of readograph
From read + -o- + -graph.
Questions about readograph
- What does readograph mean?
- Readograph means a backlit sign on which are placed moveable letters spelling out messages - typically used over the entrance of a cinema to indicate what shows are playing.
- What part of speech is readograph?
- Readograph is a noun.
- What is the plural of readograph?
- The plural of readograph is readographs.
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