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radio-ˈtelephone
Also radiotelephone, radio telephone.
[f. radio- 4 + telephone n.]
A transmitting and receiving set for radio-telephony.
1909Daily Chron. 15 Feb. 1/2 Mr. Lee De Forest,..whose radio-telephone system has been adopted by the American navy. 1922Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 1027/2 Compact light-weight sets of radio-telephone transmitters and receivers. 1935H. G. Wells Shape of Things to Come 15 There will be a radio telephone arrangement on his chest no more obtrusive than a modern breast pocket. 1957Practical Wireless XXXIII. 517/1 Cable and Wireless Ltd. announce that a radiotelephone service has been opened between Saudi Arabia and Bahrein. 1966P. O'Donnell Sabre-Tooth xiv. 187, I will arrange for you to speak to her briefly over the radio-telephone. 1973Sat. Rev. Society (U.S.) Mar. 52/2 An immaculately uncluttered teakwood desk, flanked by..two telephones, a radio-telephone and an intercom.
So ˌradio-teleˈphonic a.; ˌradio-teleˈphonically adv. (rare); radio-teˈlephony, telephony in which the signal is transmitted by radio over part of the route; wireless telephony.
1908J. A. Fleming (title) Radiotelegraphy and radio-telephony. Ibid. 325 We have..in the combined radio-telephonic transmitter and receiver, a wonderful transformation of energy. Ibid. 329 Transmitting speech radio-telephonically from Paris..to Dieppe. 1923Radio Times 28 Sept. 12/1 We are most enthusiastic admirers of this remarkable radio-telephonic invention. 1930Daily Express 8 Sept. 3/7 The principal means of communication; both in the brigade and battalions, will be radio-telephony. 1935Times 12 Nov. 20/5 It is a strange thing that in radio⁓telephony across the Atlantic..some wave-length, which has been behaving admirably, will rather swiftly fade and fail. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. I. 364/1 Since radio is the only way to communicate with ships and aircraft, hf AM radiotelephony has remained essential to these operations. 1974Guardian 22 Mar. 13/7 Will you see to it that the cars used by public figures are fitted with..radio⁓telephonic methods of communication? |