Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A telephone in which audible communication is established by use of a two-way radio transmitter and receiver.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A telephonic instrument, invented by L. De Forest, used in wireless telephony (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wireless telephone, in which the signal is conveyed by radio waves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
device that allows two-waycommunication viaradio
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire
- noun a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables
Etymologies
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Examples
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The company projected up to 300,000 "radiotelephone" users by 1989, treble others 'estimates.
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Toward evening, after the tested altimeter-navigational equipment had been installed in the rocket, Tom received a radiotelephone call from his father.
I, TOO, DREAM.... 2010
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Telephone system: general assessment: generally good quality national and international service domestic: wire line service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999 international: country code - 686; Kiribati is being linked to the Pacific Ocean Cooperative Telecommunications Network, which should improve telephone service; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Kiribati 2008
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Telephone system: general assessment: adequate local and international radiotelephone communication provided via Australian facilities domestic: NA international: country code - 674; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Nauru 2008
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Telephone system: general assessment: Telecom Cook Islands offers international direct dialing, Internet, email, fax, and Telex domestic: the individual islands are connected by a combination of satellite earth stations, microwave systems, and VHF and HF radiotelephone; within the islands, service is provided by small exchanges connected to subscribers by open-wire, cable, and fiber-optic cable international: country code - 682; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Cook Islands 2008
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Telephone system: general assessment: primitive system; telephone density one of the lowest in the world; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing but remains at a meager 2 per 100 persons domestic: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications, and low-capacity microwave radio relay international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2007)
Burundi 2008
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Telephone system: general assessment: small system domestic: combination of microwave radio relay, open-wire lines, radiotelephone, and cellular communications; fixed-line teledensity less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity reached 7 per 100 in 2005 international: country code - 245
Guinea-Bissau 2008
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CommunicationsTelephone system: general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: coastal radiotelephone station at Grytviken
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Telephone system: general assessment: adequate, automatic domestic system and adequate international facilities domestic: automatic exchange facilities international: country code - 350; radiotelephone; microwave radio relay; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Gibraltar 2008
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Telephone system: general assessment: sparse system of microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communication stations; fixed-line connections only about 2 per 100 persons; mobile cellular usage about 2 per 100 persons domestic: HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio relay international: country code - 269; HF radiotelephone communications to Madagascar and Reunion
Comoros 2008
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