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radiophone

American  
[rey-dee-oh-fohn] / ˈreɪ di oʊˌfoʊn /

noun

  1. a radiotelephone.

  2. any of various devices for producing sound by the action of radiant energy.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to radiotelephone.

radiophone British  
/ ˈreɪdɪəʊˌfəʊn /

noun

  1. another name for radiotelephone

"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

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Etymology

Origin of radiophone

First recorded in 1880–85; radio- + -phone

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In classic Londolozi style, Dad came to a last-minute rescue with a jerry-rigged radiophone.

From Salon Dec. 7, 2013

But then Riebero received a radiophone call from an official he knew, who said, ’Ademir, there is a Gol airplane that has disappeared, and it seems to have gone down near you.’

From Slate Jun. 3, 2012

Later both Princes talked by radiophone to George V and Queen Mary 7,000 miles away.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next morning, on his way to the Capitol, Johnson called Republican Senate Leader Bill Knowland on the ship-to-shore radiophone in his Cadillac limousine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eighteen of them, around a long table—" Gloria Standish, who had dropped in for lunch, was on the mezzanine, fairly screaming into a radiophone extension: " ...

From Omnilingual by Freas, Kelly

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