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RADIOTELEPHONIC

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ra⋅di⋅o⋅tel⋅e⋅phone

[rey-dee-oh-tel-uh-fohn] noun, verb, -phoned, -phon⋅ing.
–noun
1. a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to telephone by radiotelephony.

Origin:
1905–10; radio- + telephone


ra⋅di⋅o⋅tel⋅e⋅phon⋅ic [rey-dee-oh-tel-uh-fon-ik] , adjective
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ra·di·o·tel·e·phone   (rā'dē-ō-těl'ə-fōn')   
n.   Abbr. RT
A telephone in which audible communication is established by use of a two-way radio transmitter and receiver. Also called wireless telephone.
ra'di·o·tel'e·phon'ic (-fŏn'ĭk) adj., ra'di·o·te·leph'o·ny (-tə-lěf'ə-nē) n.
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