0 A cordless electrical tool or piece of equipment operates without needing to be permanently connected by a wire to an electrical supply: --
1 (of a device) operated without a wire connected to an electrical supply by using electricity produced by a battery: --
a cordless phone
2 cordless equipment does not need to be permanently connected by a wire to an electricity supply: --
A cordless telephone, easily carried, could give such release and improvement in this area alone, while for the ambulatory disabled and wheelchair people its advantages are legion.
Cordless telephones often pick up other people's conversations; again, someone listening might inadvertently commit an offence.
As we have already heard, a substance ban might not cover cordless power tools, emergency lighting and industrial applications.
This includes batteries for hearing aids, emergency lighting, industrial batteries, lead accumulators and cordless power tools.
The same applies to button cells in hearing aids and watches, cordless power tools, emergency lighting and all industrial applications.
A successful prosecution was brought following interference to fire brigade radio communications as a result of the use of unapproved cordless telephone.
There are clear signs that, in many cases, companies are resisting a move towards cordless headsets, simply because of finance.
Let us take one small example: the aspect of the cordless telephone.