wireless signal

Broadcast without cables

A wireless signal is electromagnetic energy transmitted through air rather than through cables or wires.

Radio waves, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular transmissions are all wireless signals.

The term often appears in everyday contexts about connectivity: I'm not getting a wireless signal in here, The wireless signal is weak upstairs.

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radio · waves · static · reception · dropped call · lost connection · broadcast · over the air · tower · router · cellular · bandwidth · connectivity · bars · strength · WiFi · hotspot · invisible

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transmission medium

wireless signalwired connection

landline · fiber optic cable · coaxial cable · USB connection

signal presence

wireless signalno signal

Communication link absent

dead zone · radio silence · disconnection · offline · interference

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wire, wires, wired, wiring, wireman, wireless, signal, signals, signaled

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G