单词 | telelectroscope |
释义 | > as lemmastelelectroscope telelectroscope n. Brit. , U.S. [ < tele- comb. form + electro- comb. form + -scope comb. form, originally after French télectroscope (see telectroscope n.); compare -scope comb. form] now historical any of various proposed devices for producing a photograph or (in later use) a live image of a visual scene at another location; = telectroscope n.ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > communication of visual images > [noun] > apparatus for telectrograph1857 telelectrograph1857 telectroscope1878 telelectroscope1879 telephotograph1880 telautographa1884 telephote1896 phototelegraph1907 telewriter1907 telecopier1966 fax1983 1879 Sci. Amer. 17 May 309/2 We have recently on one or two occasions alluded to the telelectroscope invented by M. Senlecq, of Ardres. 1898 Daily News 10 Mar. 6/3 If we had had the ‘Telelectroscope’ in operation some time ago, we might have gone into a theatre in London and witnessed the eclipse of the sun in India for ourselves. 1980 T. Burnam More Misinformation 213 The telelectroscope attracted enough attention that Szczepanik sold exclusive rights to exploit it to those planning the Paris Exposition of 1900. 2010 D. A. Copeland Media's Role in Defining Nation vii. 165 The telelectroscope truly offered possibilities that were conceivable to few at the end of the nineteenth century. < as lemmas |
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