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Nov 30, 2009
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tel•e•phone



Pronunciation: (tel'u-fōn"), [key]
—n., v., -phoned, -phon•ing.

—n.
an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, esp. by an electric device.

—v.t.
1. to speak to or summon (a person) by telephone.
2. to send (a message) by telephone.

—v.i.
to send a message by telephone. Also,phone.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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