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electrograph

electrograph

9.9
A machine that sends pictures over wires like an early fax
  • noun
  • Archaic
: electrógrafo
  • Before the advent of modern fax machines, the electrograph enabled pictures to be sent over telegraph wires.

Examples

  • The news agency used an electrograph to transmit the photograph across the country.

  • Researchers experimented with the electrograph in the early days of image transmission technology.

  • The electrograph is essential for modern imaging.

  • Many artists use an electrograph for their projects.

  • Before the advent of modern fax machines, the electrograph enabled pictures to be sent over telegraph wires.

  • The news agency used an electrograph to transmit the photograph across the country.

  • Researchers experimented with the electrograph in the early days of image transmission technology.

Synonyms

phototelegraph
vselectrograph
  • Archaic
9.9

A machine that sends pictures over wires to another place

sends images by electrical methods in general not only by signalling

Surface Forms

electrograph singular
electrographs plural

Morphology

electrograph = electro + graph

The word uses technical combining forms meaning roughly 'electric' and 'recording/writing device', but the specific sense 'apparatus for transmitting images' is only partly predictable for a typical learner.

Etymology

Electrograph is made of the parts electro- ('electricity', as in electric) and -graph ('write' or 'record', as in photograph). So an electrograph is a machine that 'writes' or sends pictures using electricity, which explains its use for sending images over wires.