telecommunication

/ (ˌtɛlɪkəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən) /

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noun

the telegraphic or telephonic communication of audio, video, or digital information over a distance by means of radio waves, optical signals, etc, or along a transmission line

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How to use telecommunication in a sentence

It would seek to cut off the main Allied lines of supply and communication.
Hitler’s Hail Mary|James A. Warren|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Dustin Ares notes better communication has been working.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Still, the lack of communication with the tribes does not bode well for the future relationships.
Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It|Abby Haglage|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ad would then count as a coordinated communication and would be subject to strict spending limits.
Just What We Needed: More Campaign Spending|Mark McKinnon|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Coltrane had another power, a power of self-regeneration that also has to do with that power of communication.
The Stacks: John Coltrane’s Mighty Musical Quest|Nat Hentoff|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How little did he divine that the letter of the doctor was called forth by a communication from the countess-dowager.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Louis was not less astonished at this charge, than the Empress had been at the communication which aroused it.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
If schooling is a training in expression and communication, college is essentially the establishment of broad convictions.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
But as weeks and months passed, and no other communication came to him, he again looked upon Guilford as dead.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Hilda suggested that the ticket-clerk should be interrogated, but the aperture of communication with him was shut.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett

Scientific definitions for telecommunication

telecommunication

[ tĕl′ĭ-kə-myōō′nĭ-kā′shən ]

The science and technology of sending and receiving information such as sound, visual images, or computer data over long distances through the use of electrical, radio, or light signals, using electronic devices to encode the information as signals and to decode the signals as information.

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Scientific definitions for telecommunication