Definition of Telephonic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to telephony. "Telephonic connection"

Partainyms: Telephone
Derivative terms: Telephony

Definition of Telephonic

1. a. Conveying sound to a great distance.

Definition of Telephonic

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony. ¹

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Definition of Telephonic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telephonic

telephone poles
telephone receiver
telephone service
telephone set
telephone system
telephone tag
telephone theory
telephone unit
telephone wire
telephoned
telephoneless
telephonelike
telephoner
telephoners
telephones
telephonic (current term)
telephonically
telephonies
telephoning
telephonist
telephonists
telephony
telephoto
telephoto lens
telephotograph
telephotographer
telephotographers
telephotographic
telephotographic lens
telephotographs

Literary usage of Telephonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The system of telephonic intercommunication is therefore now being extended partly through the agencies of companies and partly by the post-office. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1902)
"The method of developing telephonic business consisted in forming a manufacturing company whose function was that of creating the necessary apparatus, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"(1) A form of induction coil employed for repeating a telephonic message. ... (1) An apparatus for repeating into one circuit a telephonic message received ..."

4. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1898)
"(1) A form of induction coil employed for repeating a telephonic message. ... (1) An apparatus for repeating into one circuit a telephonic message received ..."

5. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"Generally speaking, this last method, called the telephonic method of receiving, ... The telephonic method appeals to the ear, and is the most delicate. ..."

6. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"Generally speaking, this last method, called the telephonic method of receiving, ... The telephonic method appeals to the ear, and is the most delicate. ..."

7. Electricity in Every-day Life by Edwin James Houston (1905)
"telephonic Communication, Advantages of Induction Coil in, u2 telephonic Circuit, Method of Connecting Subscribers at the Ends of, 150 Thomson Metal-Wheel ..."

8. Electricity in the Service of Man: A Popular and Practical Treatise on the by Alfred Urbanitzky (1886)
"The condensers, however, do not hinder the propagation of telephonic impulses. It will further be seen that the impulses passing through the coil Bs must ..."

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