side tone

British

noun

sound diverted from a telephone microphone to the earpiece so that a speaker hears his own voice at the same level and position as that of the respondent

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By "side tone" is meant the noises which are produced in the receiver at a station by virtue of the action of the transmitter at that station.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster

This circuit is very efficient, but is subject to the objection of producing a heavy side tone in the receiver of the transmitting station.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Miller, Kempster

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