Dictionary entry

Motograph

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mo″to‐graph (?), n. [L. movere, motum, to move + -graph.] (Elec.) A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface. — Mo′to‐graph″ic (#), a.