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Meaning of Phonevision in English:

Phonevision

Pronunciation /ˈfəʊnˌvɪʒn/

noun

historical

  • A kind of pay-as-you-view television system in which a scrambled television signal could be unscrambled by telephone request.

    A trademark in the United States.

Origin

1940s; earliest use found in Oelwein (Iowa) Daily Register. From either phone or phone + vision, after television.