单词 | pager |
释义 | pagern.1 Printing. Now rare. A compositor who makes up type into pages; a person who sorts or binds pages into a book, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printer > readers, collators, etc. > [noun] > one who numbers pages pager1870 1870 N.Y. State Business Directory & Gazetteer 227/2 Bennett A. B. blank book pager, 18 and 20 Liberty. 1901 Daily Chron. 9 Sept. 9/4 (advt.) Pager and Perforator wanted. 1909 Daily Chron. 2 Feb. 9/4 (advt.) Numerical Printer and Pager wanted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pagern.2 A small radio device, activated from a central point, which emits a series of bleeps or vibrates to alert the wearer to something, esp. a phone call or the arrival of a short text message. Recorded earliest in radio pager (radio pager n. at radio n. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > paging > [noun] > pager pager1954 radio pager1954 pocket pager1955 bleeper1964 pageboy1973 bleep1982 1954 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 18 May 12/5 (headline) Oakland firm will produce radio pagers. Now you can leave the office and still keep in touch with those never-ending but important phone calls. 1967 Salisbury (Maryland) Daily Times 17 Nov. 30/5 (advt.) Press a button on the Pager, and instantly you hear a full voice message. 1968 Guardian 10 Apr. 7/3 You carry in your pocket the pager, which is linked by radio connection to your telephone. When the telephone rings, the pager blips, and you can answer the call by speaking into the pager. As things stand the pager is illegal. 1973 Sci. Amer. Aug. 57 The receiving pager..has a range of 50 miles. It emits a tone when the person carrying it is wanted on the telephone. 1995 Financial Post (Canada) 8 Nov. 17/1 A beep sounds and he..unclips his pager from his belt. The message on the screen is from Mom: ‘Dinner is ready.’ Johnny messages back: ‘Home soon.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : -pagercomb. form < see also |
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