wirelesses

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wire⋅less

[wahy^uh

r-lis]

–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.

–noun

4.	wireless telegraphy or telephony.

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

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

7.	a wireless message.

8.	Chiefly British. radio.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

9.	to telegraph or telephone by wireless.

Origin:
1890–95; wire + -less

Related forms:

wire⋅less⋅ly, adverb

wire⋅less⋅ness, noun

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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wire·less (wīr'lĭs)

adj.

Having no wires: a wireless security system.
Chiefly British Of or relating to radio or communication by radiotelegraphy or radiotelephony.

tr. & intr.v. wire·lessed, wire·less·ing, wire·less·es
To communicate with or send communications by wireless.

Word Origin & History

wireless

1894, as a type of telegraph, from wire (n.) + -less. In ref. to radio broadcasting, attested from 1903, subsequently superseded by radio.

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