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telecommunication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun telecommunication has 2 senses
- telecommunication(n = noun.communication) telecom - (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically; Array is a kind of medium
- telecommunication(n = noun.cognition) Array - (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance; Array is a kind of ee, electrical engineering
has particulars: telephone, telephony, telegraphy, wireless, broadcasting, multiplex
Derived form verb telecommunicate1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
telecommunication, n.
1 communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting.
2 (usu. in pl.) the branch of technology concerned with this.
1 communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting.
2 (usu. in pl.) the branch of technology concerned with this.
Etymology
F t{eacute}l{eacute}communication (as TELE-, COMMUNICATION)
THESAURUS
telecommunication
communication engineering, communication explosion, communication technology, communication theory, communications, communications engineer, communications industry, communications medium, communications network, electrical communication, electronic communication, electronic communications, information explosion, information theory, media, radio, radiocommunication, radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony, signaling, wire communication, wireless, wireless communication
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