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Definition of Landline
1. Noun. A telephone line that travels over terrestrial circuits. "A land line can be wire or fiber optics or microwave"
Generic synonyms: Line, Phone Line, Subscriber Line, Telephone Circuit, Telephone Line
Definition of Landline
1. Noun. A fixed telephone communications cable. ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) a telephone connected by such a fixed wire, specifically not wireless/mobile. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Landline
1. a line of communication on land [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Landline
Literary usage of Landline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communicationby Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller by Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller (2006)
"While in theory the cell phone may cure the matriarch of the headache of family
members abusing their access to the landline and force each individual to be ..."
2. South African Social Attitudes: Changing Times, Diverse Voices by Stephen P. Rule, Udesh Pillay, Benjamin Roberts (2007)
"There were also significant racial differences with regard to landline telephone
access, personal cellphone access, and cellular phone usage. ..."
3. Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The 500 number would indicate to the landline carrier that the call needs ...
To do this, the landline carrier's Intelligent Network technology (infra) must ..."
4. Telecentres, Access and Development: Experience and Lessons from Uganda and by Sarah Parkinson (2005)
"Telkom had recently adopted pay-as-you-go landline services in an attempt to
imitate the success of this payment system for cellular phones. ..."
5. Review of Recreational Fisheries Survey Methods by National Research Council (U.S.), Division on Earth and Life Studies (2006)
"Through its ROD sample, the MRFSS uses a frame of all working landline telephone
numbers in coastal counties. This frame suffers from overcoverage since not ..."
6. U. S. Industrial Outlook, 1994: Business Forecasts for 350 IndustriesBusiness & Economics (1994)
"For example, Telu- lar introduced two products that allow consumers to switch
between landline and cellular service: PCS One transforms a portable cellular ..."
7. Re-Visioning Television: Policy, Strategy and Models for the Sustainable by Adrian Hadland, Mike Aldridge, Joshua Ogada (2007)
"There is no need for time- consuming connections over a landline, and users pay
only an access ... Still, landline connectivity is also increasing in speed, ..."
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