TELEPHONE SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telephone system mean? 

• TELEPHONE SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun TELEPHONE SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a communication system that transmits sound between distant points

  Familiarity information: TELEPHONE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEPHONE SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A communication system that transmits sound between distant points

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

phone system; telephone system

Hypernyms ("telephone system" is a kind of...):

communication system (a system for communicating)

Meronyms (parts of "telephone system"):

cable; line; transmission line (a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power)

central; exchange; telephone exchange (a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication)

patchboard; plugboard; switchboard (telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords)

phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telephone system"):

MEDLINE (the computer-based telephone system of the United States National Library of Medicine that provides rapid linkage to MEDLARS)