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visiphone

visiphone noun: a telephone capable of making video calls.

Noun

visiphone (plural visiphones)

  1. (dated) A telephone capable of making video calls.
    • During the late 21st century, the wide-spread use of portable voice-activated interactive computers and visiphones brought communications to their zenith.2010, Eileen Siedman, The Faithful: 23rd Century Morality: A Mystery Novel, Bloomington, I.N.: Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 25
    Synonyms:
    videophone

Verb

visiphone (third-person singular simple present visiphones, present participle visiphoning, simple past and past participle visiphoned)

  1. (dated) To call someone using a visiphone.
    • "Plum, try viziphoning them." / Plum pushed a key and said, "CQ, this is the starship Shillelagh of the Asteroid Federation, calling CQ."1987, Thomas R. McDonough, The Architects of Hyperspace, New York, N.Y.: Avon, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    videophone

Synonyms of visiphone

Forms of visiphone

Noun
pluralvisiphones
Verb
third-person singular presentvisiphones
present participlevisiphoning
past participlevisiphoned
pastvisiphoned

Origin of visiphone

Possibly derived from vision + phone.

Questions about visiphone

What does visiphone mean?
Visiphone means a telephone capable of making video calls.
What part of speech is visiphone?
Visiphone can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of visiphone?
The plural of visiphone is visiphones.

Words near visiphone in the dictionary

  1. visionproof
  2. visions
  3. visions out
  4. visionwise
  5. visiospatial
  6. visiphone
  7. visiphoned
  8. visiphones
  9. visiphoning
  10. visiplate
  11. visiplates

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