telephone numbers
How phones connect
Telephone numbers are sequences of digits that identify specific phone lines, allowing callers to reach particular destinations.
They vary in length and format by country, often divided into area codes and local numbers.
In American usage, a standard format is three digits, three digits, four digits: Her number is 555-867-5309.
To do something by the numbers or by the telephone numbers emphasizes large quantities or statistical scale.
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- callContact by phone
- reverse lookupFinding source from result
- digitsSingle-place numerals
- area codesRegional telephone number prefixes
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Locations for correspondence
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Being somewhere in body
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