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spacegram en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”).

Meanings

1. A short written message physically sent through space.
   • Several times during their work and breaks to eat, Versha had received spacegrams or messages through the comcaller. 2006, Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie, Beast Master's Quest, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 65:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
spacegrams	Number=Plur		lexicographic

spacegram en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From space + -gram (“something written, drawn or otherwise recorded”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To send by spacegram.
   • "We'll spacegram the specifications as soon as this call is finished," said Jerry. "How soon can we have a shipment?" 1952 March, Kendell Foster Crossen, “Things of Distinction”, in Startling Stories, volume 25, number 2, page 115:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
spacegrams	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
spacegrammed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
spacegrammed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
spacegramming	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic