Telephone
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| - | [[Image:From Contes by Octave Uzanne.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Loisirs Littéraires au XXe siècle]] (English: "Literary leasures in the 20th century") is the title of an illustration from the story "[[The End of Books]]" by French writer [[Octave Uzanne]] and illustrator [[Albert Robida]], a story about a [[post-literate society]] in which readers have become '[[hearer]]s', consumers of [[audio book]]s. It was published in the collection ''[[Contes pour les bibliophiles]]'' (1895). The illustration depicts a [[female reader]] of the 20th century, imagined by Robida, who is [[audio book|listening]] to "12 poètes assortis" (twelve assorted poets) in on the balcony overlooking a [[future city]].]] | + | [[Image:From Contes by Octave Uzanne.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Loisirs Littéraires au XXe siècle]] (English: "Literary leasures in the 20th century"), an illustration from the story "[[The End of Books]]" by French writer [[Octave Uzanne]] and illustrator [[Albert Robida]].]] |
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| - | A '''telephone''', or '''phone''', is a [[telecommunication]]s device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are not in the same vicinity of each other to be heard directly. A telephone converts [[sound]], typically and most efficiently the [[human voice]], into electronic signals suitable for [[transmitter|transmission]] via cables or other transmission media over long distances, and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user. The word ''telephone'' has been adapted into the vocabulary of many languages. It is derived from the Greek ''τῆλε'', ''tēle'', ''far'' and φωνή, ''phōnē'', ''voice'', together meaning ''distant voice''. | + | A '''telephone''', or '''phone''', is a [[telecommunication]]s device that permits two or more users to conduct a [[conversation]] when they are not in the same [[vicinity]] of each other to be heard directly. A telephone converts [[sound]], typically and most efficiently the [[human voice]], into electronic signals suitable for [[transmitter|transmission]] via cables or other transmission media over long distances, and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user. The word ''telephone'' has been adapted into the vocabulary of many languages. It is derived from the Greek ''τῆλε'', ''tēle'', ''far'' and φωνή, ''phōnē'', ''voice'', together meaning ''distant voice''. |
| + | == In art == | ||
| + | *''[[Lobster Telephone]]'' (1936) by Salvador Dalí | ||
| + | ==In fiction== | ||
| + | *''[[At the Telephone]]'', 1901, a French play by André de Lorde | ||
| + | *''[[The Human Voice]]'', 1930, a French play by Jean Cocteau, a monologue of a woman on the phone | ||
| + | *''[[Denise Calls Up]]'', 1996, an American film in which the telephone is a protagonist | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Lobster Telephone]] | + | *[[Mobile phone ]] |
| - | *[[Denise Calls Up]] | + | |
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A telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are not in the same vicinity of each other to be heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or other transmission media over long distances, and replays such signals simultaneously in audible form to its user. The word telephone has been adapted into the vocabulary of many languages. It is derived from the Greek τῆλε, tēle, far and φωνή, phōnē, voice, together meaning distant voice.
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In art
- Lobster Telephone (1936) by Salvador Dalí
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In fiction
- At the Telephone, 1901, a French play by André de Lorde
- The Human Voice, 1930, a French play by Jean Cocteau, a monologue of a woman on the phone
- Denise Calls Up, 1996, an American film in which the telephone is a protagonist
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See also
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