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    RADIOTELEPHONE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cablesplay

    Synonyms:

    radiophone; radiotelephone; wireless telephone

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wireplay

    Synonyms:

    radiotelephone; radiotelephony; wireless telephone

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("radiotelephone" is a kind of...):

    wireless (transmission by radio waves)

    Derivation:

    radiotelephonic (relating to or by means of radiotelephony)

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