Meanings
nounpallophotophone (plural pallophotophones)
plural pallophotophones
- historicalartsA device that records sounds on photographic film.
Origin
Coined by the inventor Charles Hoxie ca. 1922 from πάλλω (pállō, “shaking”) + φωτός (phōtós, “light”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”)
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pallophotophone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallophotophone
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“pallophotophone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pallophotophone. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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