Motorola
//moʊtɚˈɹoʊlə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A hand-held radio manufactured by the Motorola company.
"[…] Colonel Moen was trying to make sense of the radio nets, which had never really been operational let alone secure; our numerous outposts were cobbled together with hand-held Motorolas and too few repeater stations […]"
Example
More examples"The complaint against Apple over patent infringements was filed by Motorola, owned by Google."
Etymology
From motor + -ola, because at the time the company adopted that name it produced radios for installation in motorcars.
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