touch-tone

See also: touchtone

English

Alternative forms

• touchtone

Etymology

From the trade name Touch-Tone, 1960.

Adjective

touch-tone (not comparable)

1. Relating to a type of telephone with buttons, each of which produces a tone which corresponds to the relevant digit.

Noun

touch-tone (plural touch-tones)

1. A telephone with buttons that produce tones, one for each digit.

   a teleconference service for touch-tones only

2. A tone produced by such a telephone.

   software to decode touch-tones

See also

• rotary dial