picturephone

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picturephone

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From picture + phone; a trademark of the 1960s for the earliest such device.

noun picturephones

videophone The program has twelve picturephones that link Illinois State Psychiatric Institute (ISPI) with Illinois State Pediatric Institute (one city block away) […]

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"picturephone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/picturephone. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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picturephone. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/picturephone

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"picturephone." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/picturephone.

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@misc{picturephone_2026,
  title = {picturephone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/picturephone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}