单词 | microtelephone |
释义 | microtelephonen. Telephony. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > types of microtelephone1879 field telephone1880 telephone extension1881 pay telephone1886 home telephone1893 substation1897 extension1906 railophone1911 dial phone1917 payphone1919 dial telephone1921 autophone1922 mobile telephone1930 viewphone1932 videophone1944 mobile phone1945 car phone1946 video telephone1947 speaker-phone1955 picture telephone1956 princess phone1959 touchtone telephone1961 touch-tone1962 touchtone phone1963 picture phone1964 Trimphone1965 princess telephone1966 vision-telephone1966 visiophone1971 princess1973 warbler1973 landline1977 cardphone1978 feature phone1979 smartphone1980 mobile1982 cell phone1983 Vodafone1984 cellular1985 mobile device1989 brick1990 satphone1991 celly1992 burner phone1996 keitai1998 burner2002 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 ΚΠ 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 ΚΠ 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). < n.1879 |
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