Home › Words › M › magnetotelephonemagnetotelephonemagnetotelephone means 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.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, magnetotelephone ranks #12,211 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom magneto- + telephone.nounAn 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.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.telegraphone 74% match — An early device for recording sound by local magnetization of a steel wire, disk, or ribbon, moved against the pole of a magnet connected electrically with a telephone receiver or similar. vs magnetotelephone →magnetophone 68% match — A tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium). vs magnetotelephone →microtelephone 67% match — An early form of telephone capable of transmitting very faint sounds, in which the current generated by the vibration of the diaphragm is caused to pass through the diaphragm and core as well as the coil before it enters the line. vs magnetotelephone →telephonograph 62% match — A device for the recording and transmission of sound. vs magnetotelephone →magnetophonon 62% match — The magnetoacoustic equivalent of a phonon vs magnetotelephone →magnetoscope 60% match — An instrument for detecting the presence (but not the intensity) of magnetism. vs magnetotelephone →motograph 60% match — A device used in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface. vs magnetotelephone →blattnerphone 59% match — An early magnetic sound-recording device. vs magnetotelephone →