Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A portable telephone that sends and receives radio signals through a network of short-range transmitters located in overlapping cells throughout a region, with a central station making connections to regular telephone lines.
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- noun A
portable ,wireless telephone , which changesantenna connectionsseamlessly duringtravel from one radio receptioncell to another without losing the party-to-partycall connection .
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- verb call up by using a cellular phone
Etymologies
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English, from cellular, and telephone.
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