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telephonology

telephonology noun: the study of telephones.

Noun

telephonology (uncountable)

  1. The study of telephones.
    • The great feature about the telephones and switchboards offered by this company was their simplicity of construction and ease of operation. They are especially built to be installed by people who have very little knowledge of telephonology, and when installed may be kept in perfect working order...1909, Canadian Electrical News, page 26, column 2
    • […]which telephonology is based; it describes the various telephone systems, the construction of lines and the locating and remedy of telephone troubles.1915 February 25, The Canadian Engineer, page 297

Examples of telephonology in a sentence

  • They are especially built to be installed by people who have very little knowledge of telephonology, and when installed may be kept in perfect working order without the aid of an expert engineer.1909, Canadian Electrical News, page 26, column 2:
  • These are the questions the girls in “telephonology” were asked by The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Mich., recently.1955, “From Bush to Big League Telephone Techniques”, in American Business, page 39, column 2:
  • […]the former beauty-shop owner also owns a complete library on telephonology, dating from 1879, and sells only those phones that duplicate ones in his collection.1975, “Telephoneiana”, in San Francisco, page 14, column 3:
  • Oh well, life is not complicated, but telephonology makes it seem so.1991, Eartha Kitt, Confessions of a Sex Kitten, Barricade Books Inc., page 100:

Origin of telephonology

From telephone + -ology.

Questions about telephonology

What does telephonology mean?
Telephonology means the study of telephones.
How do you use telephonology in a sentence?
They are especially built to be installed by people who have very little knowledge of telephonology, and when installed may be kept in perfect working order without the aid of an expert engineer.
What part of speech is telephonology?
Telephonology is a noun.

Words near telephonology in the dictionary

  1. telephonists
  2. telephonitis
  3. telephonograph
  4. telephonographic
  5. telephonographs
  6. telephonology
  7. telephonometric
  8. telephonophile
  9. telephonophiles
  10. telephonophobia
  11. telephonophobic

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