单词 | videophone |
释义 | videophonen. A telephone device transmitting and receiving a visual image as well as sound; spec. (in later use) a smartphone capable of transmitting and receiving a visual image. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > types of microtelephone1879 field telephone1880 telephone extension1881 pay telephone1886 home telephone1893 substation1897 extension1906 railophone1911 dial phone1917 payphone1919 dial telephone1921 autophone1922 mobile telephone1930 viewphone1932 videophone1944 mobile phone1945 car phone1946 video telephone1947 speaker-phone1955 picture telephone1956 princess phone1959 touchtone telephone1961 touch-tone1962 touchtone phone1963 picture phone1964 Trimphone1965 princess telephone1966 vision-telephone1966 visiophone1971 princess1973 warbler1973 landline1977 cardphone1978 feature phone1979 smartphone1980 mobile1982 cell phone1983 Vodafone1984 cellular1985 mobile device1989 brick1990 satphone1991 celly1992 burner phone1996 keitai1998 burner2002 1944 R. E. Lee Television v. 83 We shall undoubtedly see videophones replacing telephones in common usage. 1971 New Scientist 1 July 14/2 The West Germans have recently begun operating a 240-mile experimental videophone link. 1987 T. Forester High-tech Society (1989) iv. 103 A host of new facilities such as videophones, teleshopping, home banking and telecommuting. 1993 Independent on Sunday 8 Aug. (Business section) 15/1 Its owner-operator is a ‘teleworker’ who uses the videophone so much that he or she now finds it strange to talk in ‘audio’ only. 2005 BusinessWeek 28 Feb. 61/2 An online car-chase game in which players use an LG videophone as they zoom after bad guys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). videophonev. intransitive and transitive. To call or speak to using a videophone. In later use also: to record or transmit (visual images) using a videophone. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > by specific service long-distance1919 videophone1945 freephone1988 1945 Life 9 Apr. 109/1 (advt.) From sound-proof booth, passengers may video-phone anywhere while train is moving. 1951 C. L. Moore No Woman Born in ‘M. Leinster’ Great Stories Sci. Fiction 186 Maltzer videophoned him on the morning set for her return. 1979 H. S. Jacobson tr. M. Emtsev & E. Parnov in New Soviet Sci. Fiction 193 Twice he had videophoned; his face flashed on the screen briefly and disappeared. 1993 New Scientist 17 Apr. 19/1 (heading) Don't videophone us, we'll videophone you. 2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 3 Aug. 6 Members of the gang..attacked the teenager..while other assailants videophoned the incident. 2014 A. Britton Threatcon Delta xxv. 206 Dunlap sent an urgent e-mail to his counterpart... Then he videophoned her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1944v.1945 |
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