Radiophone

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  radiophone
       n : a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than
           along cables [syn: {radiotelephone}, {wireless telephone}]