omnigraph

American

[om-ni-graf, -grahf] / ˈɒm nɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.

Etymology

Origin of omnigraph

First recorded in 1860–65; omni- + -graph

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omnigraph

His plays, if I may be pardoned for coining a word, need not an omnigraph, but monographs.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)

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