cell phone
or cell·phone
a wireless telephone using a system of low-powered radio transmitters, with each transmitter covering a distinct geographical area (cell ), and computer equipment to switch a call from one area to another, thus enabling broad-scale portable phone service.
such a wireless telephone that has other functions, as text messaging or internet access.
Origin of cell phone
1- Also called cel·lu·lar phone [sel-yuh-ler fohn], /ˈsɛl yə lər ˈfoʊn/, cel·lu·lar tel·e·phone [sel-yuh-ler tel-uh-fohn] /ˈsɛl yə lər ˈtɛl əˌfoʊn/ .
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How to use cell phone in a sentence
Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.
Earlier this year, security at major airports was tightened because of a tip that al-Asiri had been working on a cell phone bomb.
A Gift to the Jihadis: The Unseen Airport Security Threat | Clive Irving | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt least one of those ubiquitous cell phone cameras began filming.
But a stone-cold death threat to my cell phone — that was a new one.
A Female Writer’s New Milestone: Her First Death Threat | Annie Gaus | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs it turns out, my cell phone number had been searchable through a GoDaddy domain listing I obtained several years ago.
A Female Writer’s New Milestone: Her First Death Threat | Annie Gaus | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I woke Jolu up by ringing his cell phone and hanging up after the first ring, three times in a row.
Little Brother | Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for cellphone
/ (ˈsɛlˌfəʊn) /
a portable telephone operated by cellular radio: In full: cellular telephone
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for cell phone
A portable telephone that uses wireless cellular technology to send and receive phone signals. This technology works by dividing the Earth into small regions called cells. Within each cell the wireless telephone signal goes over its assigned bandwidth to a cell tower, which relays the signal to a telephone switching network, connecting the user to the desired party.
Notes for cell phone
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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