holophone

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noun

A hologrammatic telecommunication device.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounholophone (plural holophones)

plural holophones

  1. literatureA hologrammatic telecommunication device.

    The men appeared at Kid Squad headquarters in a holophone transmission. The holophone was a cool communication device that Gadget had helped invent.

    2014, John Perritano, Madness of Captain Cyclops, page 24
    2 more examples

    The holophone beeped in that strange way that all phones did on Churchill Drift, before it was answered. Relief flooded through him when the holophone clicked on. Then dread filled him when an accented voice answered.

    2011, Tom Bielawski, The Centaurus Legacy: The Orion Trilogy Volume 0

    There was another chime and then the screen on the holophone dimmed and began to project a holographic image that was a still frame of a person who looked a lot like Jason.

    2019, Robert Ricks, Three Simple Rules, page 43
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