Telephone Line

Definitions: Telephone Line

Telephone Line

Noun

1. The wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals.

2. A telephone connection.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Post & Telecom

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Telephone Line

Crosswords: Telephone Line

Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things ("Fire and Rain"; performing artist: James Taylor)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

The Centers for Disease Control maintains a travelers' information telephone line on which callers can receive recent information on cholera and other diseases of concern to travelers. (references)

Business

The telephone line density amounts to 53 subscriber lines per 100 inhabitants. (references)

The Internet has also had a profound affect on telephone line usage patterns, with approximately one-quarter of the population going on-line from home or the office. (references)

Even in lower income levels the use of pagers has become customary for those that own a small business but have no resources to install a business or a telephone line at home. Pagers are less expensive than cellulars, are easy to buy, and are useful for the business. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

By the year 2002, Turkey aims to increase its subscriber line capacity to 20 million, and increase the telephone line density to 25 per 100 persons. (references)

Human Rights

Chad

In 2000 the president of the political party Mouvement pour la Democratie au Chad reported to human rights groups that his telephone line continued to be tapped. (references)

Travel

New Zealand

New Zealand's telephone line density ratio is slightly over 477 lines per 1000 persons, which is comparable to the U.S. and European ratios. (references)

Women

Brazil

For example, 20 percent lacked a conventional telephone line, 53 percent lacked police officers trained in dealing with violence against women, and 77 percent did not have an officer on duty 24 hours a day. (references)

Worker Rights

Belarus

The BYCWO also established an information telephone line for women traveling abroad for reasons other than tourism. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "telephone line": subscriber's telephone line. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏خط هاتفي. (various references)

Chinese 

電話線路 , 電話線 (telephone wire). (various references)

Danish

telefonlinie (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), abonnentsløjfe (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), abonnentlinie (local loop, subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), abonnentledning (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

Dutch

telefoonlijn (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), abonnee-telefoonlijn (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), abonneelijn (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

Finnish

tilaajajohto (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

French

ligne téléphonique (subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

German

telefonleitung (phone line), Telefonanschlußleitung (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), Teilnehmerschleife (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), Teilnehmerleitung (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), Teilnehmeranschlußleitung (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

Greek 

συνδρομιτικός βρόχος (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), συνδρομιτική τηλεφωνική γραμμή (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), συνδρομητική γραμμή (local loop, subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), γραμμή κέντρου πόλεως (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), γραμμή συνδρομητή (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), τηλεφωνική γραμμή (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

Italian

linea telefonica (four wire circuit, subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), linea di distribuzione (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), anello di abbonato (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

電話線 , 電話回線 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

で�"わせ�", で�"わかいせ�". (various references)

Manx

streng chellvane. (various references)

Pig Latin

elephonetay inelay.(various references)

Portuguese

linha telefónica (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), linha principal de subscritor (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), linha de rede (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), linha de assinante (local loop, subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

Russian 

комм)телефонная линия. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

telefonska linija (phone line). (various references)

Spanish

línea telefónica de abonado (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), línea telefónica (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), línea principal de abonado (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), línea de abonado (local loop, subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line), bucle de abonado en telefonía (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

Swedish

abonnentledning (subscriber loop, subscriber's line, subscriber's telephone line). (various references)

Tahitian

niuniu. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: nepheline, nephelite, pointelle, telephone.

-5 letters: nepenthe, nonelite, phenetol, plotline, tholepin.

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