🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

무선 전화

Pronunciation / Transliteration: museon jeonhwa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Radio-Phone/ˈreɪ.di.oʊˌfoʊn/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"무선 전화는 해양 통신에 필수적입니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device that transmits and receives sound via radio waves, allowing for wireless communication.

    "The radio-phone allowed sailors to communicate with the shore without being tethered by wires."
  2. 2

    A type of telephone that operates using radio frequency instead of traditional wired connections.

    "In remote areas, a radio-phone is often the only means of reliable communication."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'radio-phone' combines 'radio', derived from the Latin 'radius' meaning 'ray', and 'phone', from the Greek 'phone' meaning 'voice' or 'sound'. The term emerged in the early 20th century with the advent of wireless communication technologies.

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