Meaning | A communication system that transmits sound between distant points. |
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Synonym | phone system |
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Parts | cable, line, transmission line | A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
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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 |
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Broader | communication system | A system for communicating |
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Spanish | telefonía |
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Catalan | telefonia |
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