Telautograph

British  

/ tɛlˈɔːtəˌɡræf, -ˌɡrɑːf, ˌtɛlɔːˈtɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end

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Other Word Forms

• telautographic adjective
• telautography noun

Example Sentences

Telautograph, maker of equipment for transmitting written messages, continued its upward trend with $276,000 against $259,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Telautograph Corp., maker of devices by which messages in handwriting may be conveyed throughout hotels and clubs, earned $184,000 against $170,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Telautograph, te-law′tō-graf, n. a writing or copying telegraph, invented by Elisha Gray, for reproducing writings at a distance.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various