- wireless
n. (BE) (now less common than radio) see radio1-4
* * *['waɪəlɪs](BE) (now less common than radio) see radio 1-4
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
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Wireless — communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of electrical conductors or wires . [citeweb|title=Wireless Communication|url=http://www.sintef.no/content/page1 11881.aspx|publisher=sintef.no|accessdate=2008 03 16]… … Wikipedia
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Wireless — Wire less, a. Having no wire; specif. (Elec.), designating, or pertaining to, a method of telegraphy, telephony, or other information transmisssion, in which the messages, data, etc., are transmitted through space by electric waves; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wireless — Known for many years as a word for a radio set and radio broadcasting that dates its user to an older age, wireless has been given a new lease of electronic life in a more literal adjectival sense ‘not involving the use of wires’, i.e. using… … Modern English usage
wireless — [wīrlis] adj. 1. without wire or wires; specif., operating with electromagnetic waves and not with conducting wire, as a cellular phone 2. Chiefly Brit. of or relating to radio n. 1. a) WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY b) WIRELESS TELEPHONY [Chiefly Brit.] … English World dictionary
Wireless — Wire less, n. Short for {Wireless telegraphy}, {Wireless telephony}, etc.; as, to send a message by wireless. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wireless — |uairelésse| adj. 2 g. 2 núm. Que funciona sem cabos elétricos (ex.: ligação wireless, rede wireless). = SEM FIOS ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa, com significado de sem fios … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
wireless — [englisch, waɪəlɪs; wörtlich »drahtlos«], drahtlose Übertragung … Universal-Lexikon
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wireless — 1894, as a type of telegraph, from WIRE (Cf. wire) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). In ref. to radio broadcasting, attested from 1903, subsequently superseded by RADIO (Cf. radio) … Etymology dictionary
