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Detectograph

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dictagraphnounAlternative form of dictograph. [(historical) A telephonic instrument for office or similar use, having a sound-magnifying device enabling the ordinary mouthpiece to be dispensed with. It was sometimes used for covertly recording conversations.]
diaphotenoun(historical) A supposed instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. It turned out the device was a hoax.
dentiphonenoun(dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
dactylographnoun(archaic) A typewriter.
disknounA thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
diginoun(slang) A scale (weighing device) with a digital readout.
detectorismnounThe hobby of using a metal detector to search for buried coins, etc.
daguerreotypynoun(historical) The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
daguerrotypenounMisspelling of daguerreotype. [An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors; such a photograph.]
dispatchernounIn a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
diskerienounAlternative form of diskery. [(dated, music) A phonograph-record manufacturer; a shop that sells phonograph records.]
daternounOne who dates.
degaussernounA device that performs degaussing.
needle dropnoun(idiomatic) The use of a pre-existing song as part of a motion picture's soundtrack
dynamimeternounObsolete spelling of dynamometer. [Any of various devices used to measure mechanical power, force, or torque.]
dictamennoun(rare) A dictation or dictate.
diggernounA large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
diskerynoun(dated, music) A phonograph-record manufacturer; a shop that sells phonograph records.
detectornounA device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.
hydroscopistnoun(dated) dowser, water diviner

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