airplane mode

[air-pleyn mohd]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of airplane mode¹

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

Example Sentences

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."

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Phones that are switched off or in airplane mode will not get the alert.

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Phones that are switched off or in airplane mode will also not get the alert.

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While devices that are not connected to mobile data or wi-fi will still receive the alert, those that are switched off or in airplane mode will not.

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Metal music fans heading to the mosh pits of Download festival this weekend are being urged to put their wearable technology into airplane mode to avoid making accidental 999 calls.

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