Usually means: Wireless communication device using light.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. photophone: Merriam-Webster
  2. photophone: Collins English Dictionary
  3. photophone: Wordnik
  4. photophone: Wiktionary
  5. Photophone, photophone: Dictionary.com
  6. Photophone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Photophone: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. photophone: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Photophone: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. photophone: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Photophone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. photophone: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (photophone)

noun:  (historical) A device that transmitted sound on a beam of light.
noun:  (obsolete) A home phone with integral picture frame
noun:  (dated) A stills-only cameraphone. Used to distinguish from video-capable camera cellphones and camera-less cellphones.
noun:  A combination highly-capable digital camera and smartphone

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