"POTS" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} POTS (uncountable)
  1. (telecommunications) Acronym of publicly offered telephone service/system: the public telephone network Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: publicly offered telephone service/system (extra: the public telephone network) Synonyms: publicly offered telephone service, publicly offered telephone system, PSTN, public switched telephone network Coordinate_terms: publicly, offered, telephone, system, service
    Sense id: en-POTS-en-noun-YzEFY8fe Categories (other): English retronyms, Telecommunications, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 41 37 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 40 37 2 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
  2. (telecommunications) Acronym of plain old telephone service/system: the old analog landline circuit-switched telephone network Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: plain old telephone service/system (extra: the old analog landline circuit-switched telephone network) Synonyms: plain old telephone service, plain old telephone system
    Sense id: en-POTS-en-noun-TmcS8QbC Categories (other): English retronyms, Telecommunications, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 41 37 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 40 37 2 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Coordinate_terms: plain, old, telephone, system, service, CSTN, circuit-switched telephone network, PSTN, packet-switched telephone network, ISDN, DSL, FTS, FTH
  3. (telecommunications, historical) Initialism of post/postal office telephone service/system Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: post/postal office telephone service/system Synonyms: post office telephone service, post office telephone system, postal office telephone service, postal office telephone system Coordinate_terms: post, postal, office, post office, postal office, telephone, system, service
    Sense id: en-POTS-en-noun-WYEEsNb6 Categories (other): Telecommunications, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 36 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 41 37 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 40 37 2 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications
  4. (acronym, medicine) Abbreviation of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome Synonyms: postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome Coordinate_terms: postural, orthostatic, tachycardia, syndrome
    Sense id: en-POTS-en-noun-MWcudl4J Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
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