telecommunications

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

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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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Related Words for telecommunications

machinery, automation, mechanics, robotics, telecommunications, mechanization, publicity, means, media, travel, route, transport

Examples from the Web for telecommunications

Contemporary Examples of telecommunications

Telecommunications workers and investors clearly will find it easy to travel to Cuba, at least from the American side.
Obama Realizes What 10 Presidents Didn’t: Isolating Cuba Doesn’t Work
Christopher Dickey
December 18, 2014
Just look at the recent battle between Netflix and telecommunications giant Comcast.
Porn Fights For Your Right to Surf: Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube Lead Charge For Net Neutrality
Aurora Snow
September 13, 2014
Why waste time on retail spying when you can hack an entire platform or telecommunications network?
NSA Stabs Silicon Valley in the Back
Julian Sanchez
December 30, 2013
Finally, telecommunications is a heavily regulated industry.
Why Verizon Is Happy to Help Obama and the NSA Spy on Americans
Daniel Gross
June 6, 2013
But I can also tell you that the telecommunications revolution has limits.
Ask the Blogger
Megan McArdle
November 26, 2012

Historical Examples of telecommunications

With cheap, educated workforce – they can monopolize basic data processing and telecommunications functions worldwide.
After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
Grinning secretively to himself, he walked into the telecommunications room.
The House from Nowhere
Arthur G. Stangland

British Dictionary definitions for telecommunications

telecommunications

noun

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

telecommunications 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.