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telephone receiver [′tel·ə‚fōn ri‚sē·vər]

(engineering acoustics)

The portion of a telephone set that converts the audio-frequency current variations of a telephone line into sound waves, by the motion of a diaphragm activated by a magnet whose field is varied by the electrical impulses that come over the telephone wire.

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