telecommunications

[tel-i-kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuh nz]

noun

Sometimes telecommunication. (used with a singular verb) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.

Sometimes telecommunication. (used with a singular verb) the science and technology of such communication.

telecommunication, a message so transmitted.

adjective

of or relating to telecommunications.

Origin of telecommunications

First recorded in 1930–35; tele-¹ + communication + -s³

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British Dictionary definitions for telecommunication

telecommunication

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

telecommunications

noun

(functioning as singular) the science and technology of communications by telephony, radio, television, etc

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Word Origin and History for telecommunication

1932, from French télécommunication (see tele- + communication). Related: Telecommunications.

telecommunication in Science

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.