vidcall n.

a call made on a videophone n.

Communications

  • 1953 P. K. Dick Mr. Spaceship in Imagination Jan. 44/1 Philip K. Dick

    As soon as we get to the moon base I’ll make a vidcall to earth.

  • 1953 P. K. Dick Defenders in Galaxy Jan. 9/2 page image Philip K. Dick

    A vidcall is sent up and contact is made with a field headquarters.

  • 1965 P. K. Dick Retreat Syndrome in Worlds of Tomorrow Jan. 85/2 page image Philip K. Dick

    He put in a long-distance vidcall to Dr. Edgar Green…on Ganymede.

  • 2012 I. Creasey Souvenirs in Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 85 page image

    She hadn’t yet made a sale worth celebrating in their nightly vidcall.

Research requirements

antedating 1953

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