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Telephone system   /tˈɛləfˌoʊn sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Telephone system

noun
1.
A communication system that transmits sound between distant points.  Synonym: phone system.






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"Telephone system" Quotes from Famous Books



... no more talk between these two for a time. Not only did the officer refuse to hear another word before Lanyard had gorged his fill of food and drink, but an exigent communication from the front, transmitted through the trench telephone system, diverted his ...
— The False Faces • Vance, Louis Joseph

... as we are able, how they are made and operated. But we find the telegraph too slow and altogether unsuited for our purposes, as well as for the uses of the neighborhood, so we conclude to put in a telephone system. ...
— Electricity for Boys • J. S. Zerbe



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