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Telephone
Definitions
1
noun
A
device
used
to
transmit
sound
over
long
distances
,
allowing
people
to
communicate
with
each
other
.
I
called
my
friend
on
the
telephone
to
catch
up
.
The
telephone
rang
loudly
in
the
quiet
room
.
She
answered
the
telephone
and
spoke
to
her
mother
.
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Language
Greek
Word parts
tִ“le (far) + phֵnִ“ (sound)
Originally meant
sound from far away
Background
The word 'telephone' was coined in the 1830s as a Greek compound for early sound-transmitting devices, before Alexander Graham Bell's invention took the name in 1876.