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
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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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