telegraphoscope
telegraphoscope noun: an instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, relay, equilibrator, and an induction coil whose sparks perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image.
Noun
telegraphoscope (plural telegraphoscopes)
- An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, relay, equilibrator, and an induction coil whose sparks perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image.
Forms of telegraphoscope
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Origin of telegraphoscope
From telegraph + -o- + -scope.
Questions about telegraphoscope
- What does telegraphoscope mean?
- Telegraphoscope means an instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, relay, equilibrator, and an induction coil whose sparks perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image.
- What part of speech is telegraphoscope?
- Telegraphoscope is a noun.
- What is the plural of telegraphoscope?
- The plural of telegraphoscope is telegraphoscopes.
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