telautograph
Meanings
noun
- An analogue precursor to the fax machine, transmitting electrical impulses recorded by potentiometers to servomechanisms attached to a pen at the receiving station, thus reproducing a drawing or signature made by the sender.
Word forms
Etymology
From tele- + autograph.
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