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telecommunication
Telecommunication is communicating with the use of an electronic device.
(noun)An example of telecommunication is talking to someone on a cell phone.
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See telecommunication in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
communication by electronic or electric means, as through radio, telephone, telegraph, television, or computers
See telecommunication in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The science and technology of communication at a distance by electronic transmission of impulses, as by telegraph, cable, telephone, radio, or television. Often used in the plural with a singular verb: Telecommunications is an important area of professional growth.
- The electronic systems used in transmitting messages, as by telegraph, cable, telephone, radio, or television. Often used in the plural with a plural verb: Telecommunications were disrupted by the brownout.
- A message so transmitted.
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