Detectograph

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An early audio recording device used in wiretaps.

    "There were no stenographers and no detectographs in those days, and there is no record of this interview, fraught with such tremendous benefit to Germany and all Europe[…]"

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"There were no stenographers and no detectographs in those days, and there is no record of this interview, fraught with such tremendous benefit to Germany and all Europe[…]"

Etymology

From detect + -o- + -graph. Possibly originally a trademark.

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