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I grew up in Russia. We had a telephone line, but a load of our neighbours didn't. It became a shared resource for the whole apartment complex. People would come and knock on the door and ask to call their family in another city.
Jan Koum

Meaning of "telephone line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TELEPHONE LINE

telephone line  [ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn laɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TELEPHONE LINE

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Telephone line is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TELEPHONE LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

telephone line

Telephone line

A telephone line or telephone circuit is a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system. Typically this refers to the physical wire or other signaling medium connecting the user's telephone apparatus to the telecommunications network, and usually also implies a single telephone number for billing purposes reserved for that user. In 1878, the Bell Telephone Company began to use two-wire circuits from each user's telephone to end offices which performed any necessary electrical switching to allow voice signals to be transmitted to more distant telephones. These wires were typically copper, although aluminium has also been used, and were carried in balanced pairs separated by about 25 cm on poles above the ground, and later as twisted pair cables. Modern lines may run underground, and may carry analog or digital signals to the exchange, or may have a device that converts the analog signal to digital for transmission on a carrier system. Often the customer end of that wire pair is connected to a data access arrangement; the telephone company end of that wire pair is connected to a telephone hybrid.

Definition of telephone line in the English dictionary

The definition of telephone line in the dictionary is a telephone connection. Other definition of telephone line is a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TELEPHONE LINE


airline
ˈɛəˌlaɪn
align
əˈlaɪn
aline
əˈlaɪn
Caroline
ˈkærəˌlaɪn
dateline
ˈdeɪtˌlaɪn
deadline
ˈdɛdˌlaɪn
decline
dɪˈklaɪn
headline
ˈhɛdˌlaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
Klein
klaɪn
landline
lænd laɪn
ligne
laɪn
line
laɪn
main-line
meɪn laɪn
offline
ˈɒfˌlaɪn
online
ˈɒnˌlaɪn
outline
ˈaʊtˌlaɪn
skyline
ˈskaɪˌlaɪn
timeline
ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn
waterline
ˈwɔːtə laɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TELEPHONE LINE

telephone answering machine
telephone banking
telephone book
telephone booth
telephone box
telephone call
telephone directory
telephone exchange
telephone kiosk
telephone message
telephone number
telephone numbers
telephone operator
telephone pole
telephone sales
telephone selling
telephone service
telephone set
telephone sex
telephone sex line

WORDS THAT END LIKE TELEPHONE LINE

all along the line
bottom line
cell line
command line
credit line
discipline
dotted line
finish line
front line
hold the line
land line
lay on the line
on line
product line
production line
red line
sign on the dotted line
six-yard line
step out of line
tag line
toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of telephone line in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «telephone line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TELEPHONE LINE

Find out the translation of telephone line to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of telephone line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «telephone line» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

电话线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

línea telefónica
570 millions of speakers

English

telephone line
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टेलीफोन लाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط هاتفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

телефонная линия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

linha telefônica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টেলিফোন লাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ligne téléphonique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Talian telefon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Telefonleitung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

電話線
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전화선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Telephone line
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường dây điện thoại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொலைபேசி இணைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेलिफोन लाईन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

telefon hattı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

linea telefonica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

linia telefoniczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

телефонна лінія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linie telefonică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τηλεφωνικής γραμμής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

telefoonlyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

telefonlinje
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

telefonlinje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of telephone line

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TELEPHONE LINE»

The term «telephone line» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.710 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TELEPHONE LINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about telephone line

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2 QUOTES WITH «TELEPHONE LINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word telephone line.
1
Jan Koum
I grew up in Russia. We had a telephone line, but a load of our neighbours didn't. It became a shared resource for the whole apartment complex. People would come and knock on the door and ask to call their family in another city.
2
Nelson A. Miles
To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELEPHONE LINE»

Discover the use of telephone line in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to telephone line and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Simple, Low Cost Electronics Projects
Four significant tests can be performed with the telephone line analyzer: line/ polarity test, line cord test, ring test, and loop test. The easiest is the line/polarity test. Set the SI switch to LINE/RING and plug the phone cord from the telephone line ...
Fred Blechman, 1998
2
Audio Engineer's Reference Book
5.4.3.8 Telephone balance units The telephone balance unit (TBU) contains an electronic hybrid transformer which takes advantage of the characteristics of the telephone line. The hybrid transformer attempts to adjust automatically to match ...
Michael Talbot-Smith, 2001
3
Build Your Own Low-power Transmitters: Projects for the ...
This unit is designed to be directly powered by the voltage available from the telephone line, with audio being fed to the circuit directly from the telephone line. How this is achieved can be seen in Figure 3-3. The circuit consists of a basic VHF ...
Rudolf F. Graf, William Sheets, 2001
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Electronic Surveillance Devices
telephone line itself, so are called 'leeches', 'suckers' or 'parasitic' devices. Other designs have their own battery, which in some cases are trickle charged from the telephone line. The advantage of a parasitic device is that once installed, ...
Paul Brookes, 2001
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The A+ Certification and PC Repair Handbook
If the installation has a surge suppressor with telephone line protection, the telephone line needs to be connected to the line jack on the surge suppressor, with another telephone cord connecting the surge suppressor's output jack to the  ...
Christopher A. Crayton, Joel Z. Rosenthal, Kevin J. Irwin, 2004
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Power System Analysis
A telephone line is supported on a cross arm, 3 metres below the power line. The spacing between the telephone line conductors is 2 metre. The configuration is similar to the one shown in fig. 3.12. What is the mutual inductance between the ...
P.P.Deo, 2007
7
Electronics Projects Vol. 20
K. UDHAYA KUMARAN (VU3GTH) Here is a telephone line vigilant circuit to guard against misuse of your telephone lines. It monitors telephone lines round- the-clock and provides visual as well as an audio warning (when someone is using ...
EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd, 2009
8
Understanding Telephone Electronics
Sidetone network capacitor: provides phase shift in sidetone path to match that caused by telephone line reactance. Receiver amplifier input capacitors: prevents dc current flow into RM terminal and attenuates low-frequency noise in ...
Joseph Carr, Steve Winder, Stephen Bigelow, 2001
9
Windows Telephony Programming: A Developer's Guide to TAPI
Instead of each telephone line being hard-wired like so many Bat-Phones, lines are shared between the office telephones. This arrangement is managed by a centralized telephone line switching system kept in the office called a PBX ( Private ...
Chris Sells, 1998
10
An Introduction to On-line Computers
Again, almost all of these commercial services use Teletype terminals which are connected to the computer from the user's office by a voice grade telephone line. Many of these systems can accommodate the order of l00 terminals. Thus, in ...
W. Wayne Black, 1971

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TELEPHONE LINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term telephone line is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Boa constrictor slithering along 20ft high telephone line in Wales
Escape: The snake was spotted slithering along a 20ft high telephone line as worried neighbours watched on from below. Police say the serpent escaped its ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Active Telephone Lines in Nigeria Hit 145.4 million – NCC
Nigeria now has 145.4 million active telephone lines with teledensity at the 103.9 percent, according to the latest figures released by the Nigerian ... «TechCabal, Jun 15»
3
From our 1883 archives: Telephone line between Ionia & Grand …
The telephone line between Ionia and Grand Rapids is now completed, and went into operation to-day. The line works perfectly and will doubtless be liberally ... «Sentinel-Standard, May 15»
4
Direct phone line between US and Cuba re-established for first time …
A direct telephone line between Cuba and the United States has been ... has been signed that allows Americans and Cubans to make direct phone calls. Etecsa ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
5
Why are people charged for 'landline rental'?
Telecoms firms are increasing their charges for telephone line rentals. But why are broadband-only customers in the UK forced to pay for a line that can make ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
6
Dump Truck Takes Down Telephone Line
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) -- Part of East Washington Street in Harrisonburg had to be shut down on Wednesday afternoon as crews repaired a downed ... «WHSV, Oct 14»
7
Chennai's oldest telephone line is ringing loud at 100
"Our first and currently working telephone line completed 99 years on July 11, 2014 and has entered the 100th year of service. It is a proud moment for us as a ... «Times of India, Sep 14»
8
Feds robocall themselves in search for unused telephone lines
As of March 2012, there were 295,000 so-called Centrex telephone lines provided by Bell Canada to federal government departments and agencies in Ontario ... «CBC.ca, May 14»
9
L.A. Ice-Cream Truck Goddess Has Been Hanging Teddy Bears …
... L.A. and Eastside residents have been noticing dozens of stuffed animals -- mostly teddy bears -- slung like drug-house sneakers from area telephone lines. «LA Weekly, Jun 12»
10
ELO's 'Telephone Line' Gets Modern Update From Jack and White …
'Telephone Line' is one of the songs recorded on their new covers EP, 'Undercover,' which also features the Mamas and the Papas classic 'California Dreamin” ... «Ultimate Classic Rock, Jun 12»

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