airplane mode

American  

[air-pleyn mohd] / ˈɛər pleɪn ˌmoʊd /

noun

1. a setting on a phone or other mobile device that turns off Wi-Fi, cellular, and other wireless connections.

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Etymology

Origin of airplane mode

From the now limited ban on signal transmissions from mobile devices during a plane flight

Example Sentences

Coal switched on Airplane Mode as fast as he could.

From Literature

“You have it on Airplane Mode.”

From Literature

“You’ve been gone for two hours. It’s dark. You’re sweaty and filthy and you smell a little like vomit. Why would you put your phone on Airplane Mode?”

From Literature

“You can have your phone in sleep mode, airplane mode and you’re going to get a signal,” Kelley said.

From Los Angeles Times

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

From BBC