telautograph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

telautograph telautographs

Etymology

From tele- + autograph.

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