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单词 teleseme
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teleseme
teleseme n.
Brit. /ˈtɛlᵻsiːm/
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U.S. /ˈtɛləˌsim/
[ < tele- comb. form + ancient Greek σῆμα sign (see sema n.)] now historical and rare an electric messaging device consisting of a dial divided into segments representing different messages and a rotating stylus used for selecting which of these is to be transmitted.Telesemes were most commonly adopted by the hotel industry in which they were installed in hotel rooms as a means of allowing guests to request different forms of room service.
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homograph1810
teleseme1886
handkerchief code1893
1886 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 25 Dec. 7/7 The inventor claims that the teleseme will enable the department to dispense with roundmen.
1901 F. Harrison in 19th Cent. June 916 Life in the States is one perpetual whirl of telephones, telesemes, phonographs, electric bells, etc.
2012 P. N. Herbert Jefferson Hotel i. 14 Each room boasted the brand-new Herzog Teleseme.
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