different between wireless vs picocell

English

Etymology

wire +? -less

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?wa??.l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?wa?(?)?.l?s/
• Hyphenation: wire?less

Adjective

wireless (not comparable)

1. Not having any wires.
2. Of or relating to communication without a wired connection, such as by radio waves.

Synonyms

• cordless

Antonyms

• wired

Translations

Noun

wireless (usually uncountable, plural (dated) wirelesses)

1. (uncountable) The medium of radio communication.
2. (uncountable, networking) Wireless connectivity to a computer network.

3. (dated, chiefly Britain) A radio set.

Derived terms

• wireless operator

Translations

Verb

wireless (third-person singular simple present wirelesses, present participle wirelessing, simple past and past participle wirelessed)

1. To send a message by wireless (by radio)
   • 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 1,^[1]

     Just outside Piraeus we circled low over a capsized fishing-boat, a grisly wreck in the crystal blue water, and wirelessed a description of it to the mainland.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English wireless.

Noun

wireless m (invariable)

1. wireless (transmission without wires)

Adjective

wireless (invariable)

1. (computing) wireless

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English wireless.

Noun

wireless m (uncountable)

1. (Guernsey) wireless, radio

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English wireless.

Noun

wireless f (plural wireless)

1. (networking) wireless (wireless connectivity to a computer network)

Adjective

wireless (plural wireless, comparable)

1. (of hardware) wireless (communicating without wired connections)

Synonyms

• sem fio

English

Etymology

pico- +? cell

Noun

picocell (plural picocells)

1. (telecommunications) A wireless communication system covering a small area, such as a single office or railway station, often used to extend cellular network coverage to indoor areas where signals cannot easily penetrate.

Related terms

• picocellular