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telautograph

noun

Etymology

From tele- + autograph.

  1. derived from -γράφος
  2. formed as autograph — “auto- + -graph”
  3. prefixed as telautograph — “tele + autograph”

Definitions

  1. An analogue precursor to the fax machine, transmitting electrical impulses recorded by…

    An analogue precursor to the fax machine, transmitting electrical impulses recorded by potentiometers to servomechanisms attached to a pen at the receiving station, thus reproducing a drawing or signature made by the sender.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for telautograph. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA