Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An electrically produced graph or tracing.
  • noun Equipment used to produce such a graph or tracing in facsimile transmission.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In photography, a photograph of an electric spark. See the extract.
  • noun An instrument for the continuous recording of atmospheric electricity.
  • noun A curve automatically traced and forming a continuous record of the indications of an electrometer.
  • noun An apparatus for engraving the copper cylinders used in printing fabrics and wall-papers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.
  • noun An apparatus, controlled by electric devices, used to trace designs for etching.
  • noun archaic An instrument for the reproduction at a distance of pictures, maps, etc., by means of electricity.
  • noun archaic An image made by the Röntgen rays; a sciagraph.
  • noun archaic A cinematograph using the arc light.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A mark, record, or tracing made by the action of electricity.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an apparatus for the electrical transmission of pictures
  • noun electrical device used for etching by electrolytic means

Etymologies

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electro- + -graph

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Examples

  • What we see is the reflection or the electrograph of what she once was.

    A Romance of Two Worlds Marie Corelli 1889

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  • In the same way the electrograph of the Moon passes at stated intervals between the Earth and the burning world of the Sun. "

    A Romance of Two Worlds Marie Corelli 1889

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