telephone exchange


noun
  1. a telecommunications facility to which subscribers' telephones connect, that switches calls among subscribers or to other exchanges for further routing.

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How to use telephone exchange in a sentence

  • The telephone exchange is in the centre of the city, in Von Brandis Square.

  • For example, the operation of a telephone exchange demands a person of quick and steady reaction.

    The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
  • Fergusson remained for a full hour and a half at the telephone exchange, anxiously awaiting any further corroboration.

    The Invasion | William Le Queux
  • There were two theatres in the quarter, a number of rich joss houses, three newspapers and a Chinese telephone exchange.

    The City That Was | Will Irwin
  • There is probably no other part of an American city's equipment that is as sensitive and efficient as a telephone exchange.

    The History of the Telephone | Herbert N. Casson