- touch-tone
- adjective Etymology: from Touch-Tone, a trademark Date: 1962 of, relating to, or being a telephone having push buttons that produce tones corresponding to numbers
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touch-tone — ☆ touch tone [tuch′tōn΄ ] adj. [< Touch Tone, a former trademark] designating or of a type of telephone that may be used with a service (touch tone) that responds to individual fixed electronic tones activated by corresponding buttons pushed… … English World dictionary
touch-tone — touch′ tone or touch′tone n. tgp a telephone dialing system using push buttons to generate ten tones of different pitch, each tone corresponding to a digit of a telephone number • Etymology: 1955–60, amer … From formal English to slang
touch-tone — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a telephone) generating tones to dial rather than pulses … English terms dictionary
Touch-Tone — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ trademark used for a telephone having push buttons that produce tones corresponding to numbers * * * /tuch tohn /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a tone dialing system or a push button phone operating on tone dialing. n. 2. (sometimes… … Useful english dictionary
Touch Tone — Das Mehrfrequenzwahlverfahren (MFV, auch Tonwahlverfahren) ist die bei der analogen Telefontechnik gebräuchliche Wähltechnik und ist das heute überwiegend in der Telefonvermittlungstechnik genutzte Verfahren zur Übermittlung der Rufnummer an das… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Touch tone — Das Mehrfrequenzwahlverfahren (MFV, auch Tonwahlverfahren) ist die bei der analogen Telefontechnik gebräuchliche Wähltechnik und ist das heute überwiegend in der Telefonvermittlungstechnik genutzte Verfahren zur Übermittlung der Rufnummer an das… … Deutsch Wikipedia
touch-tone — ADJ: ADJ n A touch tone telephone has numbered buttons that make different sounds when you press them. Some automatic telephone services can only be used with this kind of telephone … English dictionary
touch-tone phone — UK US noun [countable] [singular touch tone phone plural touch tone phones] a telephone that has buttons with numbers on them that make a sound when you press them Thesaurus: telephones and telecommunication equipment … Useful english dictionary
Touch Tone Dial — [engl.], Frequenzwahlverfahren … Universal-Lexikon
Touch-Tone phone — Touch Tone .phone n trademark a telephone that produces different sounds when different buttons are pushed … Dictionary of contemporary English
