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: Jeff Prucher found that the term was not used in a 1948 reprint, but does appear in a 1951 reprint. |
| Last modified | 7 July, 2009 |
Citations for videophone n.
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| 1951 C.L. Moore No Woman Born in ‘M. Leinster’ Great Stories Sci. Fiction 185 | Toward evening he surrendered and called Maltzer's apartment by videophone. |
| 2005 R. J. Sawyer Mindscan xxxiv. 246 | The videophone was signaling an incoming call. |