Dictionary

radio silence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹeɪ.di.oʊ ˌsaɪ.ləns/ (General-American)
• /ˈɹeɪ.di.əʊ ˌsaɪ.ləns/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A status maintained where all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area stop transmitting (sometimes limited to certain frequency bands).
2. (countable, uncountable) The period of time during which this status exists.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization, especially when such communication would normally be expected.
   • After the abuse scandal, the company went into complete radio silence.
   • "No messages, actually. Total radio silence on her end all day." 2016 March 29, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 815 - Where is she?:
   • That was more than Ms. Solomon and many of her colleagues had heard internally. “Radio silence,” she said. She began to vent her frustration on Twitter. 2022 December 23, Katherine Rosman, “She Worked for Twitter. Then She Tweeted at Elon Musk.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Relateds

dead air · wall of silence · silent treatment

Translations (25)

ar صمت إذاعي (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · da radiotavshed (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · be радыёмаўча́нне (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · es silencio radiotransmisor (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · de Funkstille (period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization) · fi radiohiljaisuus (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · uk радіомовчання (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · cs rádiový klid (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · nl radiostilte (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · es silencio de radio (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · fr silence radio (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · fr silence radio (period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization) · de Funkstille (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · kk радиоүнсіздік (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · fa سکوت رادیویی (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · ko 무선침묵 (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · ru радиомолча́ние (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · ka რადიოდუმილი (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · ka რადიოდუმილი (period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization) · cmn 杳无音讯 (period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization) · cmn 無線電靜默 /无线电静默 (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · it silenzio radio (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · nl radiostilte (period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization) · pl cisza radiowa (period of time when all radio transmissions cease) · sv radiotystnad (period of time when all radio transmissions cease)