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telephone system - a communication system that transmits sound between distant points | ||
phone system | ||
communication system facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information | ||
transmission line, cable, line a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire | ||
central, telephone exchange, exchange a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | ||
medline the computer-based telephone system of the United States National Library of Medicine that provides rapid linkage to MEDLARS | ||
patchboard, plugboard, switchboard telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords |