Telephone: alternatives and connections

An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible sig…

Both contain the Greek root tele, meaning far or at a distance.

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the photophone.

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To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; bu…

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The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.

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One who takes or receives in any manner.

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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.

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The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

Contains roots for distant and sound.