Touch-tone

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A telephone with buttons that produce tones, one for each digit.

    "a teleconference service for touch-tones only"

  2. 2
    A tone produced by such a telephone.

    "software to decode touch-tones"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to a type of telephone with buttons, each of which produces a tone which corresponds to the relevant digit. not-comparable

Example

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"a teleconference service for touch-tones only"

Etymology

From the trade name Touch-Tone, 1960.

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