Associations to the word «Telecommunication»

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Wiktionary

TELECOMMUNICATION, noun. (uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses. [1932]
TELECOMMUNICATION, noun. (countable) A message so transmitted.
TELECOMMUNICATION, noun. (in the plural) Systems used in transmitting such signals.

Dictionary definition

TELECOMMUNICATION, noun. (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically.
TELECOMMUNICATION, noun. (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley