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Definition of "wireless" []

  • Having no wires: a wireless security system. (adjective)
  • Chiefly British Of or relating to radio or communication by radiotelegraphy or radiotelephony. (adjective)
  • A radio telegraph or radiotelephone system. (noun)
  • A message transmitted by wireless telegraph or telephone. (noun)
  • Chiefly British Radio. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wireless" in a sentence
  • "If you have been on wireless as long as I have been you will see that major disruption in wireless is going to happen soon."
  • "This report would not be complete without touching on the fact that the term wireless HD is used by nearly all manufacturers of any wireless video product."
  • "United States wireless companies tend to use the term wireless to refer to a wide range of services while the cell phone itself is called a mobile phone, mobile,"