1. Having no wires
   "a wireless security system"

1. A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
   "ships use wireless to send distress signals";
   - radio, radiocommunication
    
2. Transmission by radio waves
   "The invention of wireless communication changed the world"
    
3. An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
   "The wireless was set to her favourite station";
   - radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, radio, tuner

Derived forms: wirelesses

Type of: broadcasting, communication system, receiver, receiving system, telecom, telecommunication

Antonym: wired

Part of: radio-gramophone, radio-phonograph

Encyclopedia: Wireless