telephony: Meaning and Definition of

te•leph•o•ny

Pronunciation: (tu-lef'u-nē), [key]
— n.
  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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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