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telephone

('t/E/l/@/,f/oU/n )

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds(noun.artifact)

Example:
I talked to him on the telephone.

Synonym:
phone, telephone set

source: wordnet30
transmitting speech at a distance(noun.communication)

Synonym:
telephony

source: wordnet30
An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.(noun)

source: webster1913

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