telephone system

Other forms: telephone systems

Definitions of telephone system
  1. noun
    a communication system that transmits sound between distant points
    synonyms: phone system
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    types:
    MEDLINE
    the computer-based telephone system of the United States National Library of Medicine that provides rapid linkage to MEDLARS
    type of:
    communication system
    a system for communicating
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