aerogram
noun
- lightweight paper message sent via air mail at a reduced rate
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From aero- + -gram.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail.
- A pneumogram.
“aerogram 1. A roentgenogram of an organ afer it has been injected with air; also called pneumogram.”