"Strowger exchange" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Strowger exchanges [plural]
Etymology: From Almon Brown Strowger + exchange. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Strowger exchange (plural Strowger exchanges)
  1. An obsolescent design of telephone exchange that uses Strowger switches as the call routing elements. Wikipedia link: Almon Brown Strowger
    Sense id: en-Strowger_exchange-en-noun-No8fr6X~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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