| 释义 |
Cellnet, n. Telecommunications.|ˈsɛlnɛt|
Also cellnet.
[f. cell n.1 or cellular a. 4 + *-net.]
A proprietary name for a cellular radio service operating in the United Kingdom (and also of a similar service in the United States); also occas., a cellular telephone.
1984Financial Times 14 June 8/3 The BT–Securicor service, called Cellnet, has been used on trial in London as part of communications in the recent economic summit. 1985Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 19 Feb. tm527/2 Cellnet.., for communications services—namely, providing a network for paging and mobile telephone services... First use Nov. 11, 1982; in commerce Nov. 11, 1982. 1986Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 13/4 It was satisfying to find, while stuck at a railway signal for half an hour near St Mary Cray the other night, that a fellow traveller was carrying a cell-net telephone. 1987Today 21 Oct. 36/2 ‘Darling can you keep next Friday free for our appointment at the amniocentisis [sic] clinic,’ Nicola chirps to George down the Cellnet (Yuppiespeak for car phone). 1988Truck Dec. 51/2 The spread of cellnet systems has been slow in Spain. |