telecommunications
Americannoun
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(used with a singular verb) Sometimes telecommunication. 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.
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(used with a singular verb) Sometimes telecommunication. the science and technology of such communication.
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telecommunication, a message so transmitted.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of telecommunications
First recorded in 1930–35; tele- 1 + communication + -s 3
Example Sentences
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According to the Financial Times, the U.K. telecommunications group is considering a bid for TalkTalk’s consumer operations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Mark Jamison is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, focusing on how technology affects the economy and on telecommunications and Federal Communications Commission issues.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Nokia manufactured rubber products like galoshes until pivoting to telecommunications.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
These chips are already widely used in telecommunications and have helped miniaturize many optical technologies that previously required much larger equipment.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
This intersection of computers, telecommunications, and the military would yield a change arguably as significant and characteristic of modern life as anything in medicine and the industrialization of food.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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