Wirephoto

American  

[wahyuhr-foh-toh] / ˈwaɪərˌfoʊ toʊ /

Trademark.

plural

Wirephotos

1. 1. a device for transmitting photographs over distances by wire.

   2. a photograph so transmitted.

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verb (used with object)

Wirephotoed, Wirephotoing

1. (lowercase) to transmit (a photograph) by means of a Wirephoto.

wirephoto British  

/ ˈwaɪəˌfəʊtəʊ /

noun

1. a facsimile of a photograph transmitted electronically via a telephone system

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Example Sentences

On the second day, however, the murder trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann began at Flemington, N. J. and thereafter Wirephoto had a chance to prove its worth.

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Last week International and Acme were giving Wirephoto as hot a race as they could by airplane delivery, watching it with an eye to joining in a competitive wire operation if necessary.

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Any of A. P.'s 1,200 members is eligible for Wirephoto, simply by sharing the cost.

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Dullest Wirephoto of the week: the Capitol dome frosted with snow.

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Both Publisher Hearst, with his 15 A. P. memberships, and Publisher Roy Wilson Howard with his six, strenuously fought against the Wirephoto project when it was introduced at last year's A. P. meeting.

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