Look up: telephone

1. telephone
   [n] - transmitting speech at a distance 2. [n] - electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
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2. telephone
   a telephone set with associated wiring and auxiliary equipment connected to a telephone network for the purpose of telephony Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a device used mainly for voice communications which converts audible signals into electrical waves,which can then be ...
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3. Telephone
   Tel'e·phone noun [ Greek ... far off + ... sound.] (Physics) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance. » The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which currents of electricity, produc...
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4. Telephone
   Tel'e·phone transitive verb To convey or announce by telephone.
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5. telephone
   <physics> An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance. ... The ordinary telephone consists essentially of a device by which currents of electricity, produced by sounds through the agency of certain mechanical devices and exactly corresponding in duration a...
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6. telephone
   telephony noun transmitting speech at a distance
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7. telephone
   phone noun electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; `I talked to him on the telephone`
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8. telephone
   call up verb get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; `I tried to call you all night`; `Take two aspirin and call me in the morning`
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9. Telephone
   • (n.) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance. • (v. t.) To convey or announce by telephone.
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10. telephone
    an instrument that is designed for the simultaneous transmission and reception of the human voice. Inexpensive, simple to operate, and offering its ...
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11. telephone
    telephone, telephoned 1. An apparatus for reproducing sound, especially that of the voice, at a great distance, by means of electricity; consisting, like the electric telegraph, of transmitting and receiving instruments connected by a line or wire which conveys the electric current. 2. An instrumen...
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12. TELEPHONE
    An apparatus designed to convert sound waves into electrical waves which are sent to and reproduced data distant point. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell whose first device was built in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1876.
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13. TELEPHONE
    An apparatus designed to convert sound waves into electrical waves which are sent to and reproduced data distant point. Invented by Alexander Graham Bell whose first device was built in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1876.
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14. telephone
    telephone, device for communicating sound, especially speech, usually by means of wires in an electric circuit. The telephones now in general use evolved from the device invented by Alexander Graham Bell and patented by him in 1876 and 1877. Although Bell is recognized as the inventor, his telephone...
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15. Telephone
    The telephone is an instrument for reproducing speech at a distance from the source. It was invented (or rather patented) by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 - the invention of the telephone being claimed also by Gray, of Chicago and several others. The possibility of such an instrument was discovered ...
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16. telephone
    Click images to enlargeInstrument for communicating at a distance by voice, developed by Scottish-US inventor Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, consisting of an earpiece that receives electrical signals and a mouthpiece that sends electrical signals. The transmitter (mouthpiece) consists of a carbon microphone, with a di...
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17. Telephone
    (disambiguation) A `Telephone`, also called a `phone`, is a telecommunication device which is used to transmit and receive sound simultaneously. Telephone or phone may also refer to: `Telecommunications:` `Social and cultural:` `In music, film and the arts:` `Similar:`
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18. Telephone
    (song) "`Telephone`" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released from her third extended play (EP) and second major release The Fame Monster (2009). The song, featuring American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles, was written by Gaga and Rodney Jerkins. I...
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