radiotelephone

noun

ra·​dio·​tele·​phone ˌrā-dē-ō-ˈte-lə-ˌfōn 

: an apparatus for carrying on wireless telephony by radio waves

radiotelephony

ˌrā-dē-ō-tə-ˈle-fə-nē 

-ˈte-lə-ˌfō-nē

noun

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

radiotelephone

noun

ra·​dio·​tele·​phone ˌrād-ē-ō-ˈtel-ə-ˌfōn 

: a telephone that uses radio waves wholly or partly instead of connecting wires

radiotelephony

-tə-ˈlef-ə-nē 

-ˈtel-ə-ˌfō-nē

noun