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femtocell

Syllabification: (fem·to·cell)
Pronunciation: /ˈfemtōˌsel/

Definition of femtocell

noun

  • a very small mobile phone base station that is connected to the phone network via the Internet, typically used in areas where the mobile signal is weak and considered to be smaller than a picocell.

Origin:

early 21st century: from femto- (in the sense 'extremely small') and cell (sense 4)

femtocell in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of femtocell in the British & World English dictionary