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    TELEPHONE SYSTEM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A communication system that transmits sound between distant pointsplay

    Synonyms:

    phone system; telephone system

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    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)

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