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Wireless vs Multipath - What's the difference?

wireless | multipath |

As adjectives the difference between wireless and multipath

is that wireless is not having any wires while multipath is involving or pertaining to more than one path (route), as between nodes on a network or components in a computer.

As nouns the difference between wireless and multipath

is that wireless is (label) the medium of radio communication while multipath is (telecommunications) a wireless propagation phenomenon that results in a signal reaching the receiving antenna by two or more paths.

As a verb wireless

is to send a message by wireless (by radio).

wireless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not having any wires.
  • Of or relating to communication without a wired connection, such as by radio waves.

    • Synonyms

    * cordless

    Antonyms

    * wired

    Noun

    (wikipedia wireless) (wirelesses)
  • (label) The medium of radio communication.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=3 , passage=It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless . And results are all that concern me. […]”}}
  • (label) A radio set.
  • (label) Wireless connectivity to a computer network.

    • Derived terms

    * wireless operator

    Verb

  • To send a message by wireless (by radio)
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    multipath

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia multipath)
  • (telecommunications) A wireless propagation phenomenon that results in a signal reaching the receiving antenna by two or more paths.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Involving or pertaining to more than one path (route), as between nodes on a network or components in a computer.

    • Derived terms

    * multipathing