Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telegraphone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tele-gra-phone
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early device for recording sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver or similar.

Inflected Forms

telegraphones (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

telephonograph

Questions

What does telegraphone mean?: An early device for recording sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver or similar.

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