dial tone

Noun

Meaning

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dial tone (plural dial tones)

A telephony signal, usually in the form of a sound, used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working, has recognized an off-hook, and is ready to accept a call.

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Synonyms

air horn dialling tone

Examples

Left alone with the dial tone... excuse me, operator, why is no one listening? Melina Marchetta

The PBX does not offer dial tone to the calling extension: it only detects on-hook or off-hook status. Source: Internet

It had the older, traditional Bell System 600 Hz+120 Hz dial tone. Source: Internet

When a user picked up the telephone handset, the resulting line loop operating the user's line relay caused the exchange to connect the user's telephone to an originating sender, which returned the user a dial tone. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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