Full record for videophone n.
| Definition | a telephone incorporating a television screen on which the other person may be seen speaking |
| OED requirements | antedating 1945 |
| Earliest cite | A. E. van Vogt 'World of Null-A' |
| Comment | Mike Christie submitted a 1948 cite from A.E. van Vogt's "The Players of Null-A". Mike Christie submitted a 1945 cite from A.E. van Vogt's "World of Null-A".
The OED's citation is from a 1955 reprint of C. L. Moore's "No Woman Born". Mike Christie checked the original 1944 publication, and the term was not used there. |
| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |
Citations for videophone n.
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| 1945 A. E. van Vogt World of Null-A in Astounding Sci. Fiction Aug. 9/2 | He closed the door, fastened the three plasto-windows and put a tracer on his videophone. |
| 1948 A. E. van Vogt in Astounding Sci. Fiction Oct. 18/1 | He looked for a message that might have been left for him, a more complete and personal account than could be intrusted to the videophone exchange. |
| 1966 I. Asimov Key in Mag. Fantasy & Sci. Fiction Oct. 30/2 | Ashley rose. ‘Where is your videophone?’‘In the next room.’ |
| 2005 R. J. Sawyer Mindscan xxxiv. 246 | The videophone was signaling an incoming call. |