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RADIOPHONE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables

Synonyms:

radiophone; radiotelephone; wireless telephone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("radiophone" 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 "radiophone"):

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:

radiophonic (relating to or by means of radiotelephony)

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