radiogram
radiogram Lexical Profile
radiogram Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A written message or telegram transmitted by radio waves, especially to or from a ship at sea.
"The captain received an urgent radiogram warning of a severe storm developing in the North Atlantic."
British A piece of domestic furniture combining a radio receiver and a record player inside a single wooden cabinet.
"In the corner of the living room stood a polished walnut radiogram from the 1950s."
An image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light, such as an X-ray photograph.
"The doctor examined the chest radiogram carefully to check for any signs of a fracture."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 19th century for early X-ray photographs from "radio-" and "-gram", and later independently formed in the 1920s in British English as a portmanteau of "radio" and "gramophone".