| NOUN | artifact | phone system, telephone system | a communication system that transmits sound between distant points |
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| Meaning | A communication system that transmits sound between distant points. | |
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| Synonym | telephone system | |
| Parts | cable, line, transmission line | A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
| central, telephone exchange, exchange | A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | |
| switchboard, patchboard, plugboard | telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords | |
| telephone, phone, telephone set | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds | |
| Narrower | MEDLINE | The computer-based telephone system of the United States National Library of Medicine that provides rapid linkage to MEDLARS |
| Broader | communication system | A system for communicating |
| Spanish | telefonía | |
| Catalan | telefonia | |
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