Telegraphone
Pronunciation : Te*leg"ra*phone
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An instrument for recording and reproducing sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver, or the like.
[Gr. th e far + -graph + sound.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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