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airplane mode

American

[air-pleyn mohd] / ˈɛər pleɪn ˌmoʊd /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

airplane modes

plural

Etymology

Origin of airplane mode

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

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