Visiphone

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A telephone capable of making video calls. dated

    "During the late 21st century, the wide-spread use of portable voice-activated interactive computers and visiphones brought communications to their zenith."

Verb
  1. 1
    To call someone using a visiphone. dated

    ""Plum, try viziphoning them." / Plum pushed a key and said, "CQ, this is the starship Shillelagh of the Asteroid Federation, calling CQ.""

Synonyms

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videophonevideophone

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"During the late 21st century, the wide-spread use of portable voice-activated interactive computers and visiphones brought communications to their zenith."

Etymology

Possible derived from vision + phone.

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