English Explanatory Dictionary

pallophotophone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device that records sounds on photographic film.

Word forms

pallophotophone pallophotophones

Etymology

Coined by the inventor Charles Hoxie ca. 1922 from πάλλω (pállō, “shaking”) + φωτός (phōtós, “light”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”)

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