| telephone order | receiving orders via telephone |
| automatic choke | a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor |
automatic firearm
automatic gun
automatic weapon | a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released |
automatic pistol
automatic | a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released |
automatic rifle
automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
automatic transmission
automatic drive | a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car |
autopilot
automatic pilot
robot pilot | a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course |
Browning automatic rifle
BAR | a portable . caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine, used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War |
cash machine
cash dispenser
automated teller machine
automatic teller machine
automated teller
automatic teller
ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
cellular telephone
cellular phone
cellphone
cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter
receiver |
central
telephone exchange
exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
computer system
computing system
automatic data processing system
ADP system
ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
| dial telephone dial | a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called |
dial telephone
dial phone | a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called |
extension telephone extension
extension phone | an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line |
handset
French telephone | telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle |
radiotelephone
radiophone
wireless telephone | a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables |
telephone
phone
telephone set | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds, I talked to him on the telephone |
| telephone bell | electric bell that rings to signal a call |
telephone booth
phone booth
call box
telephone box
telephone kiosk | booth for using a telephone |
telephone cord
phone cord | the telephone wire that connects to the handset |
telephone jack
phone jack | a jack for plugging in a telephone |
telephone line
phone line
telephone circuit
subscriber line
line | a telephone connection |
telephone plug
phone plug | a plug for connecting a telephone |
telephone pole
telegraph pole
telegraph post | tall pole supporting telephone wires |
telephone receiver
receiver | earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds |
telephone system
phone system | a communication system that transmits sound between distant points |
telephone wire
telephone line telegraph wire
telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
washer
automatic washer
washing machine | a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically |
automatic pilot
autopilot | a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness, she went about her chores on automatic pilot, too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot, she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot |
telephone
telephony | transmitting speech at a distance |
call phone call
telephone call | a telephone connection, she reported several anonymous calls, he placed a phone call to London, he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call |
phone message
telephone message | a message transmitted by telephone |
radiotelephone
radiotelephony
wireless telephone | telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire |
phonebook
phone book
telephone book
telephone directory | a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers |
phone number
telephone number
number | the number is used in calling a particular telephone, he has an unlisted number |
phone bill
telephone bill | statement of charges for telephone service |
face recognition
facial recognition
automatic face recognition | biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces, they used face recognition to spot known terrorists |
| telephone conversation | a conversation over the telephone |
| telephone interview | an interview conducted over the telephone |
telephone company
telephone service
phone company
phone service
telco | a public utility that provides telephone service |
telephone operator
telephonist
switchboard operator | someone who helps callers get the person they are calling |
automatic data processing
ADP | data processing by a computer |
| telephone unit | a unit of measurement for telephone use |
call telephone
call up
phone
ring | get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone, I tried to call you all night, Take two aspirin and call me in the morning |
| automatic | operating with minimal human intervention, independent of external control, automatic transmission, a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts |
hand-operated
non-automatic | operated by hand |
automatic
automatonlike
machinelike
robotlike
robotic | resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine, an automatic `thank you', machinelike efficiency |
automatic
reflex(a)
reflexive | without volition or conscious control, the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light, a reflex knee jerk, sneezing is reflexive |