See Also: Proserpine(dictionary)

telephony (iou) and Proserpine (oh)


telephony (iou)



telephony noun. M19.
[from French telegraphie + -PHONY; in sense 2 prob. from German Telephonie.]
A system of telegraphic signalling using musical sounds. Cf. TELEPHONE noun 1. Only in M19.
The Art or science of making telephones; a system of telephones; the working or use of a telephone. L19.
Radio-TELEPHONY. wireless telephony: see WIRELESS adjective.

Proserpine (oh)



an English name for Persephone