telephone exchange

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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Fergusson remained for a full hour and a half at the Telephone Exchange, anxiously awaiting any further corroboration.

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There were two theatres in the quarter, a number of rich joss houses, three newspapers and a Chinese telephone exchange.

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There is probably no other part of an American city's equipment that is as sensitive and efficient as a telephone exchange.

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