RADIOPHONE Definition & Meaning

radiophone

[ rey-dee-oh-fohn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a radiotelephone.
any of various devices for producing sound by the action of radiant energy.

verb (used with or without object)

to radiotelephone.

radiophone

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noun

another name for radiotelephone

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��·�徱·��·��ǲ�·�� [rey-dee-oh-, fon, -ik], adjective
��·�徱·�Ǳ��·��·�Բ� [rey-dee-, of, -, uh, -nee], noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of radiophone¹

First recorded in 1880–85; radio- + -phone

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Example Sentences

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Receivers in the ceiling allowed them to use radiophones.

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Some of the confusion might be explained by poor communications between Ahuas and the outside world – there was only the hospital’s radiophone and mail that reached the post irregularly.

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Spec′trophōne, an adaptation of the spectroscope, in which, on the principle of the radiophone, perception of a succession of sounds takes the place of observation by the eye.—adj.

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“And the best of it is, he is to radiophone,” added Bob to Joe.

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Afield, you wore a spacesuit, and conversed by helmet radiophone.

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