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Definition: Telephone Set |
Telephone SetNoun1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Post & Telecom | Telephonic apparatus which comprises a transmitter(microphone), one or more receivers, a switching device and a bell. Source: European Union. (references) |
Post & Telecom | The assembly of apparatus including a telephone transmitter, a telephone receiver, and usually a switch hook and the immediately associated wiring and components. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A device used mainly for voice communications which converts audible signals into electrical waves, which can then be transmitted over communications channels. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Telephone SetSynonyms: phone (n), telephone (n). (additional references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Business | The telephone set market for both domestic and corporate use is fairly evenly divided between locally assembled sets from Telkom subsidiary, Gilgil Telecomms Industries (GTI) and imported units, dominated by Panasonic; the Panasonic brand also dominates amongst the plethora of facsimile transceivers available on the market sourced. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "telephone set": operator's telephone set. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "telephone set"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | telefonapparat (handset, micro telephone, microtelephone, station, subscripter's set, telephone, telephone instrument, telephone station), telefonanlæg (telephone), telefon (telephone, telephone station). (various references) | |
Dutch | toestel (aircraft, apparatus, device, set, telephone, telephone instrument), telefoontoestel (subscripter's set, telephone, telephone instrument), telefoon (telephone). (various references) | |
Finnish | puhelin (phone, telephone, telephone instrument). (various references) | |
French | téléphone (telephone), poste téléphonique (telephone, telephone instrument, telephone station), poste d'usager, appareil téléphonique (telephone instrument). (various references) | |
German | Telefonanlage (telephone), Telefon (phone, telephone), Teilnehmerstation (telephone, telephone instrument, telephone station), Teilnehmerapparat (customer owned and maintained, telephone instrument), Fernsprechgeraet (subscripter's set), Fernsprecher (subscripter's set, telephone), Fernsprechapparat (telephone). (various references) | |
Greek | συσκευή συνδρομητή (subscripter's set), τηλέφωνο (phone, telephone, telephone instrument), τηλεφωνικό όργανο (telephone instrument), τηλεφωνική συσκευή (telephone, telephone instrument, telephone station). (various references) | |
Italian | telefono (phone, telephone, telephone station), apparecchio telefonico di uso abituale (subscripter's set), apparecchio telefonico (telephone instrument). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elephonetay etsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | telefone (phone, subscripter's set, telephone), posto telefónico (telephone, telephone instrument, telephone station), aparelho telefónico (telephone instrument), aparelho telefônico. (various references) | |
Russian | телефонный аппарат. (various references) | |
Spanish | teléfono (bird cage, bird swing, birdcage, blower, chicken roost, dog, horn, phone, telephone, telephone instrument), puesto telefónico (telephone, telephone station), aparato telefónico (telephone instrument), aparato de abonado (subscripter's set). (various references) | |
Swedish | telefonapparat (telephone instrument), telefon (phone, telephone). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-h-l-n-o-p-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: leptotenes, telephones. | |
-3 letters: leptotene, phenetols, telephone, telethons. | |
-4 letters: heelpost, pesthole, phenetol, postteen, potheens, potteens, telethon. | |
-5 letters: esthete, ethenes, heptose, leptons, nettles, openest, pentose, pettles, phenols, posteen, poteens, potheen, potteen, pottles, shotten, shtetel, steepen, steeple, stelene, teepees, teethes, teleost, telnets, tonlets. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6C 65 70 68 6F 6E 65 53 65 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110000 01101000 01101111 01101110 01100101 00100000 01010011 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e l e p h o n e   S e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006C 0065 0070 0068 006F 006E 0065 0053 0065 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471787182748180712537186 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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