1. Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
   "I talked to him on the telephone"
   - phone, telephone set 
2. Transmitting speech at a distance
   - telephony

1. Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
   - call, call up, phone, ring

Derived forms: telephoned, telephoning, telephones

See also: telephoner

Type of: electronic equipment, telecom, telecommunicate, telecommunication

Part of: phone system, telephone system

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