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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An early form of telephone capable of transmitting very faint sounds, in which the current generated by the vibration of the diaphragm is caused to pass through the diaphragm and core as well as the coil before it enters the line.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
An early telephone having the transmitter and receiver mounted on the same handle for one-handed use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
micro- + telephone
