pantelephone

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pan- +‎ telephone

Noun[edit]

pantelephone (plural pantelephones)

  1. (historical) An early device for voice transmission, in which the contact of variable resistance is formed between a fixed piece of platinum and a small carbon lozenge attached to a plate of cork suspended by two springs on the upper part.