radiotelephone
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
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Origin of radiotelephone
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“We can clearly see the name of the ship Hangong Yu 303,” he said into a radiotelephone, reading out its coordinates on the ship’s bridge.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2020
The ceremonial aspect continued with the raising of the American flag and a radiotelephone conversation with President Richard Nixon.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2012
Restlessly, he watched sunlight sparkle on fish hauled into nearby boats, then cracked orders by radiotelephone for his escort craft, full of ever-hovering Secret Service, to find out what bait the others were using.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shelton himself uses a car radiotelephone to communicate with his henchmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have used," he explained, "Marconi's radiotelephone, because in connection with his receivers Marconi uses phonographic recorders and on them has captured wireless telegraph signals over hundreds of miles.
From The War Terror by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
Newsmen on the sturdier, broader-beamed Greenwich Bay, preceding the presidential craft, radiotelephoned the Williamsburg: "Can you give us any local color?"
From Time Magazine Archive
There was even a report that Secretary of the Interior Wilbur had radiotelephoned.
From Time Magazine Archive
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