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wireless telephone

DEFINITIONS OF: wireless telephone

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n a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables

Synonyms:
radiophone, radiotelephone
Types:
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
Type 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

n telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire

Synonyms:
radiotelephone, radiotelephony
Type of:
wireless
transmission by radio waves
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