Telephone
['telɪfəʊn] or ['tɛlə'fon]
Definition
(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'.
(noun.) transmitting speech at a distance.
Editor: Ricky--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
(v. t.) To convey or announce by telephone.
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Definition
n. an instrument for reproducing sound at a distance over a conducting wire or cord esp. by means of electricity.—v.t. and v.i. to communicate by telephone.—n. Tel′ephōner one who uses a telephone.—adj. Telephon′ic.—adv. Telephon′ically.—ns. Tel′ephōnist one who uses the telephone one skilled in its use; Telephō′nograph an apparatus for recording a telephone message.—adj. Telephonograph′ic.—n. Tel′ephony the art of telephoning.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a telephone, foretells you will meet strangers who will harass and bewilder you in your affairs. For a woman to dream of talking over one, denotes she will have much jealous rivalry, but will overcome all evil influences. If she cannot hear well in conversing over one, she is threatened with evil gossip, and the loss of a lover.
Editor: Vito
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
Editor: Omar
Unserious Contents or Definition
From Eng. tell, to talk, and Grk. phonos, murder. A machine in which talk is murdered.
Editor: Robert
Examples
- Hubbard had advertised Bell’s telephone, Sanders had financed it, and now Vail pushed it on the market. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The telephone receiver was held on the head with a spring, the flexible connecting wire being attached to the lap board, thus leaving the operator with both hands free. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On that day the telephone was born, and the first message went over the only telephone line in the world--a line less than a hundred feet long. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- That the United States has from the beginning far outstripped the rest of the civilized world in the growth of the telephone is shown by comparison. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The telephone wire mileage in the United States is over 22,000,000 miles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- An improved and extended string telephone. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the Bell System there are over 18,000,000 miles of wire which carry over 26,000,000 telephone talks daily--or nearly 9,000,000,000 per year. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Why, the house is closed--Judy telephoned me from Bellomont this evening. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He telephoned from Lake Como. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- A sudden black cloud came up, and I telephoned to Chinnock and asked him about the load. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If she hadn't come she would have sent me word---- She did; she telephoned me this afternoon to let you know. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She knows; I telephoned early, and your maid has brought your things. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- We've telephoned him at Lake Como. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They've telephoned for him to Lake Como. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Italy has not as many telephones as San Francisco, and all Russia, fewer than Chicago. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Professor Bell had demonstrated that two people could talk to each other from connected telephones for a considerable distance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Scores of men claimed to have invented telephones before Bell did, but none ever proved their claims. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It converted a powerful rival into an ally, it gave the Bell Company fifty-six thousand new telephones in fifty-five cities, and it made that company the national system of the United States. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Of the 14,000,000 telephones in the world, 10,000,000 are in this country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was ill, and he wrote from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Thousands of telephones are now in operation in all parts of the country, yet I have not yet received one cent from my invention. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Before long several other small exchanges were opened, and by August, 1877, it was estimated that there were 778 telephones in use. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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