aerogram
English
Etymology
Noun
aerogram (plural aerograms)
- (dated) A wireless message.
- 1890, “Our New Satellite”, in English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the Mechanic", "Scientific Opinion," and the "British and Foreign Mechanic.", volume 50, E. J. Kibblewhite, page 499:
- An aërogram to the Examiner yesterday from Quito announced the success of the second attempt, and details of the achievement were at once secured.
- (dated, rare) A telegram whose transmission included at least one segment sent via airplane.
- 1919, The Electrical Review[1], volume 84, H. Alabaster, Gatehouse & Company, page 538:
- Mr. Holt Thomas gave some details of a projected scheme of communication which combined the telephone or telegraph with the aeroplane. Messages sent by the system would be described as aerograms.
- A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail.
- (medicine, rare) A pneumogram.
- 1935, William Alexander Newman Dorland and E. C. Miller, Illustrated medical dictionary[2], 17h edition, page 53:
- aerogram 1. A roentgenogram of an organ afer it has been injected with air; also called pneumogram.
Translations
foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter
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wireless message
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translations to be specified
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English aerogram.
Pronunciation
Noun
aerogram n (plural aerogramen)
- An aerogramme (thin piece of paper for transit via airmail).
- Synonym: luchtpostblad
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