radiophone
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈreɪdiəˌfoʊn/
- Archaic
:
radioteléfono
- The pilot used the radiophone to contact air traffic control while flying over the mountains.
Examples
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During the emergency, the rescue team communicated using a radiophone to coordinate their efforts.
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We received important updates about the weather through our radiophone during the expedition.
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The driver picked up his radiophone.
Fiction book (1995) -
So, better get 'em on the radiophone and say that if we cross here okay, that hawser will hold anything, and they can go home.
Fiction book (2001) -
Najim came back on the radiophone.
Academic text (2007) -
Please don't use your private radiophones.
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They chartered two flying boats by radiophone this morning and hauled out for Vancouver, every man jack of 'em.
Fiction book (1994) -
GPS (and GLONASS) stuff takes up about 10 pages out of more than 100; the rest is about things like describing a sentence for changing the frequency of your VHF radiophone.
Blog text (1) -
Meanwhile, however, Fred, the office dispatcher, had kept Annie informed by radiophone of the radical and, to her, alarming changes which Mr. Bolzer swiftly had effected.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
A small device you use to call and talk to people
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1.0
A small phone you carry to call people, send messages, and use apps
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1.0
A small telephone you carry to call, text, and go online
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2.3
A portable phone people carry to call or send messages
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3.0
A small phone you carry to make calls and send messages from many places
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3.3
A phone that uses radio signals so you can move while talking
A phone that sends and receives voice using radio waves
A device for making and receiving phone calls
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word radiophone combines radio and phone: radio means sending signals by radio waves and phone means 'voice', as in telephone. So a radiophone is a phone that sends 'voice' or data by radio instead of wires.