Home › Words › R › readographreadographreadograph means A backlit sign on which are placed moveable letters spelling out messages - typically used over the entrance of a cinema to indicate what shows are playing.EtymologyFrom read + -o- + -graph.nounA backlit sign on which are placed moveable letters spelling out messages - typically used over the entrance of a cinema to indicate what shows are playing.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.addressograph 57% match — A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century. vs readograph →reflectograph 57% match — An image produced by reflectography. vs readograph →rayograph 56% match — A photogram of the kind produced by Man Ray. vs readograph →embossograph 55% match — A machine for printing embossed signs. vs readograph →optogram 54% match — An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on rhodopsin. vs readograph →ondograph 54% match — An instrument for autographically recording the waveforms of varying currents, especially rapidly varying alternating currents. vs readograph →rotograph 53% match — A photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so that a series of prints are made, and are then rapidly developed, fixed, cut apart, and washed. vs readograph →cathodograph 53% match — An X-ray image; a radiograph. vs readograph →