wireless

American  

[wahyuhr-lis] / ˈwaɪər lɪs /

adjective

1. having no wire.

2. noting or pertaining to any of various devices that are operated with or actuated by electromagnetic waves.

3. Chiefly British. radio.

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noun

1. wireless telegraphy or telephony.

2. a wireless telegraph or telephone, or the like.

3. any system or device, as a cell phone, for transmitting messages or signals by electromagnetic waves.

4. a wireless message.

5. Chiefly British. radio.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to telegraph or telephone by wireless.

wireless British  

/ ˈwaɪəlɪs /

adjective

1. communicating without connecting wires or other material contacts

   wireless networks

   wireless internet connection

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noun

1. old-fashioned another word for radio

Other Word Forms

• prewireless adjective
• wirelessly adverb
• wirelessness noun

Etymology

Origin of wireless

First recorded in 1890–95; wire + -less

Example Sentences

The team recently published a paper on the results of studies using an earlier, more ungainly version of their wireless sensor.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company said it was integrating an agentic AI platform into its wireless network that would enable live translation for users having conversations on its 5G network.

From Barron's

The competitive dynamic is scary to some wireless investors, who worry the companies will undercut each other on price in a race to the bottom.

From MarketWatch

Starlink doesn’t have “the right set of assets to serve as more than a niche player in the wireless market,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The prosecutor's office said the men had arrived in France last month under work visas which said they were engineers at a company specialising in wireless communications.

From BBC