radiotelephone n 1: telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire [syn: {radiotelephone}, {radiotelephony}, {wireless telephone}] 2: a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables [syn: {radiotelephone}, {radiophone}, {wireless telephone}]
Radiotelephone \Ra`di*o*tel"e*phone\ (r[=a]`d[i^]*[o^]*t[e^]l"[-e]*f[=o]n), n. A wireless telephone, in which the signal is conveyed by radio waves. -- {Ra`di*o*te*leph"o*ny}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]