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WIRELESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
Synonyms:
radio; wireless
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wireless" is a kind of...):
communication system (a system for communicating)
Meronyms (parts of "wireless"):
radio; radio receiver; radio set; receiving set; tuner; wireless (an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals)
radio transmitter (transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wireless"):
radiotelegraph; radiotelegraphy; wireless telegraph; wireless telegraphy (the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code))
Sense 2
Meaning:
An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
Synonyms:
radio; radio receiver; radio set; receiving set; tuner; wireless
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wireless" is a kind of...):
receiver; receiving system (set that receives radio or tv signals)
Meronyms (parts of "wireless"):
detector (electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity)
demodulator; detector (rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave)
amplifier (electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wireless"):
clock radio (a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically)
crystal set (an early radio receiver using a crystal detector)
heterodyne receiver; superhet; superheterodyne receiver (a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified)
push-button radio (a radio receiver that can be tuned by pressing buttons)
Holonyms ("wireless" is a part of...):
radio; wireless (a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves)
radio-gramophone; radio-phonograph (electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Transmission by radio waves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("wireless" is a kind of...):
telecom; telecommunication ((often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wireless"):
radiotelegraph; radiotelegraphy; wireless telegraphy (telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire)
radiotelephone; radiotelephony; wireless telephone (telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Medium for communication
Synonyms:
radio; radiocommunication; wireless
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("wireless" is a kind of...):
broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)
Domain member category:
raise (establish radio communications with)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having no wires
Example:
a wireless security system
Classified under:
Antonym:
wired (equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service)
Context examples:
A wireless handheld device from Research In Motion (RIM) that supports e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, web browsing and other wireless information services.
(BlackBerry, NCI Thesaurus)
On Monday, digital security researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens of Belgium's KU Leuven university publicly disclosed a security vulnerability in the WPA2 Wi-Fi (wireless local-area networking) protocol, which they called KRACK (for Key Reinstallation Attack).
(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)
It was not until the Ivernia was within five hundred miles of Southampton that the wireless messages from paper after paper and agency after agency, offering huge prices for a short return message as to our actual results, showed us how strained was the attention not only of the scientific world but of the general public.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A small wireless radio receiver designed to be carried by a person, to give an indication when activated by the reception of a radio signal containing its specific code, and to display a short messages in a text-only format.
(Pager, NCI Thesaurus)
With this wireless phone you are exposed to relatively strong microwaves.
(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)
The device is believed to be the first demonstration of aerosol jet 3D printing to produce an implantable, stretchable sensing system for wireless monitoring.
(Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms, National Science Foundation)
The study follows up a report published in the scientific journal Environment International in 2015 with twice the sample size and more recent information on the absorption of RF-EMF in adolescent brains during different types of wireless communication device use.
(Cell Phone Radiation Harmful for Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Also called wireless capsule endoscope.
(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)
Internet, Wi-Fi, wireless telephony, it's not only GSM, we are submitted to a cocktail of electromagnetic waves.
(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)
A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms — bulges that can cause death or serious injury if they burst.
(Stretchable wireless sensor could monitor healing of cerebral aneurysms, National Science Foundation)
