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 

• RADIOTELEPHONE (noun)

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

(Cellular Telephone, NCI Thesaurus)