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telegraphone
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telegraphone, 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, or the like. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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