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noun
An early telephone with a diaphragm of soft iron placed close to the pole of a magnet upon which is wound a coil of fine wire. Its vibrations produce corresponding currents in the wire by induction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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History
From magneto- + telephone.
