Trimphone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trimphone is a noun meaning (UK) A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.
Meaning
(UK) A luxury telephone of the 1960s with a then-innovative electronic ringer and illuminated dial.
Example Sentences
While an acoustic coupler can be used with ordinary telephones, it cannot be used with modern trimphones[…]
Song thrushes normally have a large song repertoire, and Slater suggests that the trimphone sound has been taken up because it is sufficiently similar to the normal songs to be learned and imitated[…]
Word Forms
- trimphones
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include triphone, touch-tone, trimba, trichordo, trigonon, hexode.
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