telegraphone

[ tuh-leg-ruh-fohn ]

noun

an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.

Origin of telegraphone

¹

From the Danish word telegraphon, dating back to 1885–90. See tele-¹, grapho-, -phone

Words Nearby telegraphone

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How to use telegraphone in a sentence

Once upon a time a traveling engineer talked through a telegraphone to a dispatcher.
Letters from an Old Railway Official | Charles DeLano Hine
Now suppose that through a telegraphone a broker offers six per cent.
Inventors at Work | George Iles

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