telegraphoscope
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, relay, equilibrator, and an induction coil whose sparks perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image.
Etymology
Affix from English telegraph.
Origin
English
telegraph
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Cognates and derived terms
- Telegraph Hill English
- pantelegraph English
- phototelegraph English
- radiotelegraph English
- telegraph English
- telegrapher English
- telegraphese English
- telegraphic English
- telegraphical English
- telegraphist English
- télégraphe French