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Synonyms for telephony


Grammar : Noun
Spell : tuh-lef-uh-nee
Phonetic Transcription : təˈlɛf ə ni

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Définition of telephony

Origin :
  • 1835, "a system of signaling by musical sounds;" from 1876 as "the art of working a telephone;" see tele- + -phone.
  • As in radio : noun communication by electronic air waves
Example sentences :
  • These cuts may be seen in various books on the subject of telephony.
  • Extract from : « Electricity and Magnetism » by Elisha Gray
  • For all we know, thought-transference may become as common a thing as telephony is now.
  • Extract from : « Literature in the Making » by Various
  • Such condemnation is detrimental to the progress of telephony.
  • Extract from : « Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 » by Kempster Miller
  • These condenser methods of telephony have not become commercial.
  • Extract from : « Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 » by Kempster Miller
  • No other man has touched the apparatus of telephony at so many points.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Telephone » by Herbert N. Casson
  • No foreign country has reached the high American level of telephony.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Telephone » by Herbert N. Casson
  • Since then, this railroad has become the chief beneficiary of the art of telephony.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Telephone » by Herbert N. Casson
  • He was the one President who really revelled in the comforts of telephony.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Telephone » by Herbert N. Casson
  • He will be as closely in touch with the average man as with the art of telephony.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Telephone » by Herbert N. Casson
  • A simple explanation will serve to show the principle of Tesla's theory of wireless telegraphy and telephony.
  • Extract from : « The Boy's Book of New Inventions » by Harry E. Maule
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