SINCE 1828
photophone
noun
pho·to·phone
Definition of photophone
: a device whereby a sound signal (as a voice) is transmitted by causing it to modulate a beam of visible or infrared light which is received by a photoelectric cell, amplified, and reconverted into sound
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