videophone

[ vid-ee-oh-fohn ]

noun

1. a telephone that transmits and receives both voice and video, in the form of sequenced still images, between dedicated hardware devices.

videophone

/ ˌvɪdɪəˈfɒnɪk; ˈvɪdɪəˌfəʊn /

noun

1. a telephonic device in which there is both verbal and visual communication between parties

Derived Forms

• videophonic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of videophone¹

First recorded in 1950–55; video + (tele)phone

Example Sentences

When people are forced to experiment with new behaviors, as we did with the videophone during this pandemic, the result can be permanent behavioral changes.

From Science News

Marketing researchers Steve Schnaars and Cliff Wymbs of Baruch College at the City University of New York theorized why videophones hadn’t taken off decades before in Technological Forecasting and Social Change in 2004.

From Science News

Several scholars, including Andrew Meade McGee, a historian of technology and society at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, joined for an online panel to discuss the rocky history of the videophone and its 2020 success.

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The way television achieved market dominance kept videophone developers bullish about their technology’s future.

From Science News

In Metropolis, the 1927 sci-fi silent film, a master of an industrial city in the dystopian future uses four separate dials on a videophone to put a call through.

From Science News

Tom flicked on the videophone and two men appeared on the screen.

From Project Gutenberg

Harlan just phoned and said he'd had a call from Washington, asking us to stand by the videophone at one-thirty sharp.

From Project Gutenberg

Tom switched on the videophone screen to a private channel to catch the noon news while they ate.

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