wireless
having no wire.
noting or pertaining to any of various devices that are operated with or actuated by electromagnetic waves.
Chiefly British. radio.
wireless telegraphy or telephony.
a wireless telegraph or telephone, or the like.
any system or device, as a cell phone, for transmitting messages or signals by electromagnetic waves.
a wireless message.
Chiefly British. radio.
to telegraph or telephone by wireless.
Origin of wireless
1Other words from wireless
- wire·less·ly, adverb
- wire·less·ness, noun
- pre·wire·less, adjective
Words Nearby wireless
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How to use wireless in a sentence
Hueso said 117,000 residents in the 40th District are eligible for California Lifeline, a free internet program run by wireless carrier TruConnect, but haven’t signed up.
Sacramento Report: Bipartisan Support for a Special Session | Sara Libby | September 11, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWhat the G-Strider did get right was its “next generation telematics system, with interactive communications over a bidirectional wireless infrastructure…all controlled via glove-friendly trackball.”
22 of the weirdest concept motorcycles ever made | By John Burns/Cycle World | September 10, 2020 | Popular-ScienceEarlier this year, T-Mobile kicked off a free wireless service for first responders and began offering a low-cost consumer plan, called T-Mobile Connect, for just $15 a month.
T-Mobile expands promise to connect students for free amid COVID-19 | Aaron Pressman | September 3, 2020 | FortuneApple plans to launch four new models in October with fifth-generation wireless speeds, a different design and a wider choice of screen sizes, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing unannounced products.
Apple is prepping 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year | radmarya | September 1, 2020 | FortuneThese processed spike data are then sent out to smartphones or other external devices through Bluetooth to enable wireless monitoring.
Neuralink’s Wildly Anticipated New Brain Implant: the Hype vs. the Science | Shelly Fan | September 1, 2020 | Singularity Hub
The wireless Joey will help you watch more shows on more screens.
And new innovations continue to make wireless, on-demand viewing the new way our families consume TV.
Speaking of Grandma, The wireless Joey is so simple she can install it herself.
It is cutting-edge products like these that are helping define this new age of wireless entertainment.
wireless was cheaper than wired communications, and cell phones were proliferating.
“She just thought of that wireless thing so as 116 to make the rest of us look cheap,” Belle was heard to say to her friends.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseThat folding wireless staff you use on the Marigold is repeated right on the top of that tower.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseFor a moment Dick was strongly tempted to tell his companion about the wireless he had received.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingHe was in a fever to know why this very respectable firm of lawyers should have sent a wireless to him.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingThe fact that you are here tells me that the wireless you got on the ship was not only bona fide but important.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph Hocking
British Dictionary definitions for wireless
/ (ˈwaɪəlɪs) /
communicating without connecting wires or other material contacts: wireless networks; wireless internet connection
mainly British old-fashioned another word for radio
Derived forms of wireless
- wirelessly, adverb
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