telegraphone
[ tuh-leg-ruh-fohn ]
/ təˈlɛg rəˌfoʊn /
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noun
an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
Nearby words
- telegraph,
- telegraph buoy,
- telegraph plant,
- telegraphese,
- telegraphic,
- telegraphy,
- telegu,
- telehealth,
- telekinesis,
- telekinetic
Origin of telegraphone
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for telegraphone
Now suppose that through a telegraphone a broker offers six per cent.
Inventors at Work|George IlesOnce upon a time a traveling engineer talked through a telegraphone to a dispatcher.
Letters from an Old Railway Official|Charles DeLano Hine