telephonic

Variant of telephone

telephone definition

tele·phone (telə fōn′)

noun

  1. ☆ a system for transmitting speech or computerized information over distances, usually by converting sounds into electric impulses that are sent through a network of wires and cables: some systems transmit by means of radio waves
  2. any device having a transmitter, receiver, and dialing mechanism, used in a telephone system

Etymology: tele- + -phone: term adopted by Alexander Graham Bell (1876) after use for other sound instruments

intransitive verb telephoned -·phoned′, telephoning -·phon′·ing

  1. to talk over a telephone; convey a message by telephone
  2. to try to make a connection by dialing a telephone number

transitive verb

  1. to convey (a message) by telephone
  2. to speak to or reach (a person) by telephone; call

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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