'Radiophone' definitions:
Definition of 'radiophone'
(from WordNet)
noun
A telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables [syn: radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone]
Definition of 'Radiophone'
From: GCIDE
- Radiophone \Ra"di*o*phone\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[-o]*f[=o]n), n. [Radio- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
- 1. (Physics) An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the photophone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a telephone using radio waves, rather than wires, to convey the voice signal. [PJC]