1.
[syn: radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
radiophone
n 1: a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than
along cables [syn: radiotelephone, radiophone,
wireless telephone]