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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A machine used in gravure printing
2. 2
   electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means wordnet
3. 3
   A recording electrometer; also, the graph produced by such a device.
4. 4
   an apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures wordnet
5. 5
   An instrument for the reproduction at a distance of pictures, maps, etc., by means of electricity. historical

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6. 6
   A sciagraph. historical
7. 7
   A cinematograph using the arclight. historical

Synonyms

All synonyms

deviceinstrumentrecording instrumenttelelectrograph

Etymology

From electro- + -graph.

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