Picturephone
[ pik-cher-fohn ]
/ ˈpɪk tʃərˌfoʊn /
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Trademark.
a brand of videophone that enables telephone users to see each other while talking.
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Origin of Picturephone
First recorded in 1960–65
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British Dictionary definitions for Picturephone
picture phone
noun
a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
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