videophone

noun

vid·​eo·​phone ˈvi-dē-ə-ˌfōn How to pronounce videophone (audio)
: a telephone that can transmit video as well as audio signals so that users can see each other

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So the final piece of the videophone tech puzzle is a means for compression. Thomas Wiegand, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2011 To connect directly to a crisis counselor in American Sign Language, call 1-800-985-5990 from your videophone. Richard Eisenberg, Fortune Well, 6 Sep. 2024 About 20,000 videophone contacts in American Sign Language were made, and 1.2 million calls were answered by the Veterans Crisis Line through 988’s Press 1 option. Maya Davis, CNN, 16 July 2024 Then came the videophone. Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 4 May 2021 And what happens now is that everyone has a videophone in their pocket, and most of us rarely use them outside. The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2021 The first crude cameraphone transmitted images in 1927; by the 1960s, AT&T previewed a fully functioning landline videophone, purveying live imaging two ways. Richard Cooke, The New Republic, 4 Jan. 2021 From a booger buster to a videophone, these gifts make this amazing job just a little easier. Adrienne So, Wired, 16 Nov. 2020 Months deep into the Covid-19 pandemic, owning a dedicated videophone makes as much sense as owning a dedicated refrigerator or a dedicated stove. Adrienne So, Wired, 25 Oct. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of videophone was in 1944

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“Videophone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/videophone. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

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videophone

noun
vid·​eo·​phone ˈvid-ē-ə-ˌfōn How to pronounce videophone (audio)
: a telephone equipped for transmission of a picture as well as sound so that users can see each other

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