Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Synonym of radiograph (“an image, often a photographic negative, produced by radiation other than ordinary light; especially an X-ray photograph”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: radiograph
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of radiotelegram (“a message, like a telegram, transmitted by wireless telegraphy (“telegraphy by radio rather than by transmission cables”)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telegraphy
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: radiotelegram
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of radiogramophone (“a gramophone record player that incorporates a radio receiver”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: broadcasting, media, radio
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: radiogramophone
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
Narrower terms: autoradiograph, roentgenogram, X ray, X-ray, X-ray picture, X-ray photograph
noun
a message transmitted by wireless telegraphy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message
History
From radio- (prefix denoting radioactivity or radiation) + -gram (suffix denoting something drawn, written, or otherwise recorded).
Probably either: * from radio- (prefix denoting radio broadcasting) + -gram (suffix denoting something drawn, written, or otherwise recorded); or * a clipping of radio(tele)gram.
Either: * a blend of radio + gram(ophone); or * a clipping of radiogram(ophone).
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
