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communication

[kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuh n]
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noun
  1. the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated.
  2. the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.
  3. something imparted, interchanged, or transmitted.
  4. a document or message imparting news, views, information, etc.
  5. passage, or an opportunity or means of passage, between places.
  6. communications,
    1. means of sending messages, orders, etc., including telephone, telegraph, radio, and television.
    2. routes and transportation for moving troops and supplies from a base to an area of operations.
  7. Biology.
    1. activity by one organism that changes or has the potential to change the behavior of other organisms.
    2. transfer of information from one cell or molecule to another, as by chemical or electrical signals.
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Origin of communication

1375–1425; Middle English communicacioun < Middle French < Latin commūnicātiōn- (stem of commūnicātiō), equivalent to commūnicāt(us) (see communicate) + -iōn- -ion
Related formscom·mu·ni·ca·tion·al, adjectivenon·com·mu·ni·ca·tion, nouno·ver·com·mu·ni·ca·tion, nounpre·com·mu·ni·ca·tion, nounself-com·mu·ni·ca·tion, noun
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Examples from the Web for non-communication

Historical Examples

  • I am quite at a loss now to account for the non-communication.

    Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1)

    Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

  • The nations were isolated and insulated by distance and non-communication.

    A Fantasy of Far Japan

    Baron Kencho Suyematsu

  • The forty years of non-communication had not been spent in military stasis, at least not for the West.

    Check and Checkmate

    Walter Miller

British Dictionary definitions for non-communication

communication

noun
  1. the act or an instance of communicating; the imparting or exchange of information, ideas, or feelings
  2. something communicated, such as a message, letter, or telephone call
    1. (usually plural; sometimes functioning as singular)the study of ways in which human beings communicate, including speech, gesture, telecommunication systems, publishing and broadcasting media, etc
    2. (as modifier)communication theory
  4. a connecting route, passage, or link
  5. (plural) military the system of routes and facilities by which forces, supplies, etc, are moved up to or within an area of operations
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Word Origin and History for non-communication

communication

n.

late 14c., from Old French comunicacion (14c., Modern French communication), from Latin communicationem (nominative communicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of communicare "to share, divide out; communicate, impart, inform; join, unite, participate in," literally "to make common," from communis (see common (adj.)).

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non-communication in Medicine

communication

(kə-myōō′nĭ-kā′shən)
n.
  1. The exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, writing, or behavior.
  2. An opening or a connecting passage between two structures.
  3. A joining or connecting of solid fibrous structures, such as tendons and nerves.
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