TELEPHONY

telephone, telephony

(noun) transmitting speech at a distance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

telephony (usually uncountable, plural telephonies)

The act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.

The study and application of telephone technology.

Anagrams

• polythene

Source: Wiktionary


Te*leph"o*ny, n.

Definition: The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

21 January 2025

TRACE

(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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