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/teuh leg"reuh fohn'/, n.an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.[1885-90; < Dan telegraphon. See TELE-1, GRAPHO-, -PHONE]
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Telegraphone — Te*leg ra*phone, n. [Gr. th^le far + graph + ? sound.] 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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telegraphone — te·leg·ra·phone … English syllables
telegraphone — tə̇ˈlegrəˌfōn noun Etymology: Danish telegrafon, from tele tel (I) + grafon (blend of graf graph and fon phone : an early magnetic recorder … Useful english dictionary
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