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aerogram

noun

  1. lightweight paper message sent via air mail at a reduced rate
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From aero- + -gram.

  1. A wireless message.

    An aërogram to the Examiner yesterday from Quito announced the success of the second attempt, and details of the achievement were at once secured.

  2. A telegram whose transmission included at least one segment sent via airplane.

    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.

  3. A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail.
  4. A pneumogram.

    aerogram 1. A roentgenogram of an organ afer it has been injected with air; also called pneumogram.