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How to sign: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
"I talked to him on the telephone";
Similiar / Same: telephone, telephone set
Categories: electronic equipment
Within this category: desk phone, dial telephone, extension, handset, pay-phone, radiotelephone, speakerphone
How to sign: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked";
Similiar / Same: earphone, earpiece, headphone
Categories: electro-acoustic transducer
Within this category: telephone receiver
