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telephone
telephony
  1. The act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.
  2. The study and application of telephone technology.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Wireless telephony had achieved transmission distances of several hundred miles.”
      “In particular for offices, added to legacy data communication, wireless LAN has begun to be used for telephone and voice telephony services.”
      “So even though IP telephony is a potentially disruptive technology for the marketplace, it doesn't act disruptively in people's lives.”
teleprinter
  1. (dated) A combined electromechanical typewriter and printer, often with an integrated paper tape reader/printer, connected to others or to a computer via the telephone system.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After years of advancements in technology, the teleprinter became obsolete, being replaced by more efficient and digital printing solutions.”
      “The ideal arrangement is to have a teleprinter communicating between the two rooms.”
      “Enigma was going well by this stage, but intelligence realised there must be another system when a stray teleprinter message was picked up by a listening post in Kent.”
telepersonals
  1. Personals (advertisements by which individuals attempt to meet) placed over a distance, as by telephone or Internet.
  2. Examples:
    1. “She wasn't romantically interested in me, so a few weeks later at the suggestion of a friend, I picked up the phone and tried the telepersonals.”
      “Because I spent a lot of time alone back in LA, calling the Telepersonals had turned into a habit.”
telephonicophilia
  1. (rare) sexual arousal from making obscene telephone calls
telephoner
  1. A person who telephones, especially one who does so for a commercial organization
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The telephoner diligently contacted potential clients on behalf of the telemarketing company.”
      “While in the United States, he worked as a journalist, telemarketer, and market research telephoner.”
      “The 3 of both unaccusative pousser 'grow' in and unergative telephoner 'call' in can appear in the causative construction if it is not cliticized as in and.”
teleprint
  1. A document reproduced by a teleprinter.
telepolling
  1. The process of carrying out a poll by telephone.
telephobia
  1. A fear of talking on the telephone.
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telephonophobia
  1. A fear of talking on the telephone.
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teleprinting
  1. The use of a teleprinter.
telephoning
  1. The act of placing a telephone call.
telephonings
  1. plural of telephoning
teleprinters
telephoners
  1. plural of telephoner
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  3. Examples:
    1. “We are looking for telephoners, people with teaching skills, cooks, and above all, those who like to be welcoming.”
      “We are always recruiting telephoners so we can maintain and increase our telephone reassurance program.”
      “The teen telephoners, backed by a team of more than 40 volunteers in grades eight to 10, will be working in shifts.”
telephones
teleprints
  1. plural of teleprint
telephonies
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