tele-phonically
əˈfɒn
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telephone (ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. Also called: telephone set an electrical device for transmitting speech, consisting of a microphone and receiver mounted on a handset |
| b. (as modifier): a telephone receiver | |
| 2. | a. a worldwide system of communications using telephones. The microphone in one telephone converts sound waves into electrical signals that are transmitted along a telephone wire or by radio to one or more distant sets, the receivers of which reconvert the incoming signal into the original sound |
| b. (as modifier): a telephone exchange; a telephone call | |
| 3. | See telephone box |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to call or talk to (a person) by telephone |
| 5. | to transmit (a recorded message, radio or television programme, or other information) by telephone, using special transmitting and receiving equipment |
| 'telephoner | |
| —n | |
| telephonic | |
| —adj | |
| tele'phonically | |
| —adv | |
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