videophone

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English

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A videophone.

Etymology

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From video +‎ phone.

Noun

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videophone (plural videophones)

  1. A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions.
    Synonyms: (science fiction) vidphone, viewphone, picturephone, visionphone
    Coordinate terms: (mobile phone) photophone, smartphone, feature phone, beeper, pager, email appliance
    Coordinate terms: (landline phone) videotext terminal, fax machine, internet appliance
    1. (dated) A cellphone with such capability. Used to distinguish from stills-only camera cellphones and camera-less cellphones.
      Coordinate terms: smartphone, featurephone, cameraphone, photophone

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