Usually means: Device producing sound from heat.
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  3. thermophone: Wiktionary
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  6. thermophone: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (thermophone)

noun:  A form of transducer that generates sound waves of precise power.
noun:  (historical) A portable telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.
noun:  (historical) A telephone involving heat effects, as changes in temperature (hence in length) due to pulsations of the line current in a fine wire connected with the receiver diaphragm.

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