meaning of telephone
1. An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.
2. To convey or announce by telephone.
3. 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"
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