videophonic adj.
of or related to videophones or their use
Rare.
Communications
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1949
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A. E. van Vogt
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The capture of the warships of the Greatest Empire made it possible to set up a chain of ships stretching to within eight hundred light-years of the nearest League base, which was just over nine thousand light-years distant. From that near point videophonic communication was established.
Players of Null-A in Astounding Science Fiction Jan. 120/2
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1987
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George Nader
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These communications were also displayed on a large-screen monitor set amongst the rest of the equipment…. Looking back, I realize there also had to have been a standard videophonic communication system…but I was never aware of it.
Chrome 46 -
1996
David Foster Wallace
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Screens so high-def you might as well be there, cost-effective videophonic conferencing, internal Froxx CD-ROM, electronic couture, all-in-one consoles, [etc.].
Infinite Jest 60
Research requirements
any evidence 1949
Earliest cite
1949 A. E. van Vogt 'The Players of Null-A'
Research History
Mike Christie submitted a 1949 cite from A.E. van Vogt's "The Players of Null-A".We would like cites of any date from other authors.
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