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RADIOTELEPHONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does radiotelephone mean?
• RADIOTELEPHONE (noun)
The noun RADIOTELEPHONE has 2 senses:
1. telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
2. a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
Familiarity information: RADIOTELEPHONE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
radiotelephone; radiotelephony; wireless telephone
Hypernyms ("radiotelephone" is a kind of...):
wireless (transmission by radio waves)
Derivation:
radiotelephonic (relating to or by means of radiotelephony)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
radiophone; radiotelephone; wireless telephone
Hypernyms ("radiotelephone" is a kind of...):
phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiotelephone"):
cell; cellphone; cellular phone; cellular telephone; mobile phone (a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver)
Derivation:
radiotelephonic (relating to or by means of radiotelephony)
Context examples
A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
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