radiotelephone

American  

[ray-dee-oh-tel-uh-fohn] / ˌreɪ di oʊˈtɛl əˌfoʊn /

noun

1. a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables. RT

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verb (used with or without object)

radiotelephoned, radiotelephoning

1. to telephone by radiotelephony.

radiotelephone British  

/ ˌreɪdɪəʊˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn /

noun

1. Also called: radiophone, wireless telephone. a device for communication by means of radio waves rather than by transmitting along wires or cables

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verb

1. to telephone (a person) by radiotelephone

Other Word Forms

• radiotelephony
  noun
• radiotelephonic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of radiotelephone

First recorded in 1905–10; radio- + telephone

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

radiotelephone radiotelephoned

“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

Some $300 million in Soviet grants and loans provide Afghanistan with oil-storage tanks, power plants, factories and a direct radiotelephone link with Moscow.

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition, he had two-way marine radiotelephone equipment aboard.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another jet was scrambled and this time Stringfield, via a radiotelephone hookup to the airplane, gave the pilot a vector.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt

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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Related Words

• transmission
• wireless

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