phototelegraphicadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊtɛlᵻˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdəˌtɛləˈɡræfɪk/ Telecommunications.
Of or relating to the telegraphic transmission of images.
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telephotic1878
telephotographic1879
telautographic1888
phototelegraphic1907
fax1972
1907 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 29 Nov. 12 Munich and Berlin became the first photo-telegraphic stations.
1940 Wireless World Sept. 398/3 The clarity of reception..of photographs transmitted from the West Base of the U.S. Navy Antarctic Expedition, is attributed to the use of a recently developed phototelegraphic technique.
1977 Instruments & Exper. Techniques 19 1579 The cathode-ray tube..is designed for fast recording on a carrier of television and phototelegraphic images.
1997 Armenian Reporter (Nexis) 4 Jan. 6 He also set forth his proposals on the phototelegraphic transmission of pictures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1907