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单词 microtelephone
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microtelephonen.

Brit. /mʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈtɛlᵻfəʊn/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈtɛləˌfoʊn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: micro- comb. form, telephone n.
Etymology: < micro- comb. form + telephone n., probably after microphone n.
Telephony. Now historical.
1. A telephone transmitter or telephone designed to amplify sound. Obsolete.
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microtelephone1879
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home telephone1893
substation1897
extension1906
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dial phone1917
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autophone1922
mobile telephone1930
viewphone1932
videophone1944
mobile phone1945
car phone1946
video telephone1947
speaker-phone1955
picture telephone1956
princess phone1959
touchtone telephone1961
touch-tone1962
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princess telephone1966
vision-telephone1966
visiophone1971
princess1973
warbler1973
landline1977
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1879 J. Ochovowicz in Nature 27 Mar. 482/2 The micro-telephone is regulated once for all, and transmits the feeblest word with a truly perfect precision.
1879 T. A. Edison U.S. Patent 222,390 9 Dec. 311/1 This invention I term the ‘micro-telephone’ in consequence of the same responding to minute vibrations.
1881 Athenæum 12 Feb. 238/2 Father Deuza, the Italian astronomer, has been making some experiments with the micro-telephone.
2. A telephone transmitter and receiver combined on one handle. Cf. handset n.2
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1893 W. H. Preece & A. J. Stubbs Man. Telephony ix. 154 Combined transmitters and receivers, now generally known as micro-telephones, are applied to general uses to an increasing extent.
1895 A. R. Bennett Telephone Syst. Europe xvii. 296 Usually the transmitter and receiver are attached to the same handle, in ‘micro-telephone’ form.
1929 P.O. Electr. Engin. Jrnl. 22 193/1 With the P.O. type [of telephone set] a disconnection could only be produced when the microtelephone was replaced on the cradle in a very violent manner.
1930 Electr. Commun. 8 265/2 The tendency towards more comfortable and convenient apparatus has been evidenced..finally by the development of handsets, or as they are sometimes called, ‘micro-telephones’.

Derivatives

ˌmicroteleˈphonic adj. rare
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1890 Cent. Dict. Microtelephonic.
1901 Science 26 Apr. 656/1 They are microtelephonic instruments, so constructed as to reproduce and intensify sounds and still preserve their quality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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