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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
The sound transmitted back to a caller to indicate that the telephone they are calling is ringing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A telephone feature allowing a person to receive an automatic call back when a busy line becomes free.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Deverbal from ring back.
