how to pronounce telephony

/təˈlɛf.ə.ni/

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telephony is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of telephony in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… pimping out in telephony are all proven …”

meanings of telephony

noun:

The study and application of telephone technology.
The act of sound transmission via the electromagnetic spectrum.

telephony frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word telephony occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics telephony can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that telephony can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) leisure and entertainment;