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Visagraph

Visagraph noun: a device with an electric eye that scans a printed document and reproduces the text or graphics as raised lines on sheets of foil, allowing them to be read by a blind person.

Noun

Visagraph (plural Visagraphs)

  1. (historical) A device with an electric eye that scans a printed document and reproduces the text or graphics as raised lines on sheets of foil, allowing them to be read by a blind person.

Forms of Visagraph

pluralVisagraphs

Questions about Visagraph

What does Visagraph mean?
Visagraph means a device with an electric eye that scans a printed document and reproduces the text or graphics as raised lines on sheets of foil, allowing them to be read by a blind person.
What part of speech is Visagraph?
Visagraph is a noun.
What is the plural of Visagraph?
The plural of Visagraph is Visagraphs.

Words near Visagraph in the dictionary

  1. Visaginas
  2. visagist
  3. visagiste
  4. visagistes
  5. visagists
  6. Visagraph
  7. Visagraphs
  8. visaing
  9. Visakhapatnam
  10. visaless
  11. Visalia

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