单词 | telephone instrument |
释义 | > as lemmastelephone instrument telephone instrument n. †(a) a device used for signalling by loud sounds; = sense 1b (obsolete); (b) an instrument used as part of a telephone system; = sense 3a (now chiefly Indian English). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone telephone instrument1844 telephone1864 phone1884 telephone set1884 set?1891 tubec1899 handset1901 blower1922 the horn1945 satellite telephone1961 dog1979 satellite phone1982 1844Telephone instrument [see sense 1b]. 1880 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 27 Jan. Haworth's..establishment..has a telephone instrument in position, and is now connected with the exchange. 1914 A. B. Smith & W. L. Campbell Automatic Teleph. vi. 131 The telephone instrument follows the general form which is so popular on the Continent. 1996 Outlook (New Delhi) 28 Aug. 49/2 The country's first ISO 9001 certification for design, development, manufacturing and servicing of telephone instruments. < as lemmas |
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