telephony

[ tuh-lef-uh-nee ]
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noun
  1. the construction or operation of telephones or telephonic systems.

  2. a system of telecommunications in which telephonic equipment is employed in the transmission of speech or other sound between points, with or without the use of wires.

Origin of telephony

1
First recorded in 1825–35; telephone + -y3

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British Dictionary definitions for telephony

telephony

/ (tɪˈlɛfənɪ) /


noun
  1. a system of telecommunications for the transmission of speech or other sounds

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