phototelegraphn.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈtɛlᵻɡrɑːf/, /ˌfəʊtəʊˈtɛlᵻɡraf/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈtɛləˌɡræf/ Telecommunications.
An apparatus for phototelegraphy.
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telectrograph1857
telelectrograph1857
telectroscope1878
telelectroscope1879
telephotograph1880
telautographa1884
telephote1896
phototelegraph1907
telewriter1907
telecopier1966
fax1983
1907 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 15 June 26292/1 Now that the photo-telegraph invented by Prof. Korn is on the eve of being introduced into general practice, we are informed of some similar inventions in the same field.
1949 Post Office Electr. Engineers' Jrnl. 41 189 (heading) The Post Office phototelegraph service to Europe.
1959 J. W. Freebody Telegr. xiii. 538/2 (heading) The Muirhead-Jarvis photo-telegraph equipment.
2001 Miami Herald (Nexis) 27 June 17 a In 1881, Britisher Shelford Bidwell came up with a scanning phototelegraph that used selenium to transmit still pictures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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