Definition of "radiotelephone" [ra•di•o•tel•e•phone]

• A telephone in which audible communication is established by use of a two-way radio transmitter and receiver. Also called wireless telephone. (noun)

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• "The company projected up to 300,000 "radiotelephone" users by 1989, treble others 'estimates."
• "Toward evening, after the tested altimeter-navigational equipment had been installed in the rocket, Tom received a radiotelephone call from his father."
• "Telephone system: general assessment: adequate, automatic domestic system and adequate international facilities domestic: automatic exchange facilities international: country code - 350; radiotelephone; microwave radio relay; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)"