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Telephone receiver   /tˈɛləfˌoʊn rəsˈivər/   Listen
Telephone receiver

noun
1.
Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds.  Synonym: receiver.






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"Telephone receiver" Quotes from Famous Books



... throttle. How sweet and perfect was the hum of the giant motor. Not the slightest sound of a misfire. Being an ardent motorist, I could tell that the engine was in perfect tune. The Captain leaned over and shouted to me through the roar to fasten the telephone receiver against my ...
— How I Filmed the War - A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who - Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. • Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins

... electric vibrations, if left alone, would have a good deal of trouble in passing through the telephone receiver, we must have a condenser to help them out. This is very easily made by gluing a piece of tinfoil about one and a half inches square to each side of a sheet of mica. Then you must have two strips of tinfoil, one extending from each side of the mica. If you haven't any mica, a sheet of ordinary ...
— The Radio Boys' First Wireless - Or Winning the Ferberton Prize • Allen Chapman



Words linked to "Telephone receiver" :   earpiece, headphone, phone, earphone, headset, telephone set, telephone



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