Telephony

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  • noun. The transmission of sound between distant stations, especially by radio or telephone.
  • noun. The technology and manufacture of telephone equipment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The operation or art of telephoning, or reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance from their source.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • noun. The study and application of telephone technology.
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  • noun. transmitting speech at a distance
  • Word Usage
    "Now as far as the frequency for GSM goes, in telephony it is quad band so no worries there."
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