telephone system
Noun
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A communication system that transmits sound between distant points (synset 104409881)
is a type of: communication system - a system for communicatingsubtypes: medline - the computer-based telephone system of the United States National Library of Medicine that provides rapid linkage to MEDLARShas:
- cable, line, transmission line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- central, exchange, telephone exchange - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- patchboard, plugboard, switchboard - telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
- phone, telephone, telephone set - electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
same as: phone system
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