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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌtɛləkəˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/ [Canada, General-American], /ˌtɛlɪkəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌteləkəˌmjʉːnɪˈkæɪʃən/ [Australia] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-telecommunication.wav [US] Forms: telecommunications [plural], telecommunications [alternative]
Etymology: From French télécommunication. Equivalent to tele- + communication. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|télécommunication}} French télécommunication, {{prefix|en|tele-|communication}} tele- + communication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} telecommunication (countable and uncountable, plural telecommunications)
  1. (uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses. Tags: uncountable Translations (science and technology of communication over distance): հեռահաղորդակցություն (heṙahaġordakcʻutʻyun) (Armenian), telecomunicació [feminine] (Catalan), 電訊 /电讯 (diànxùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 電信 /电信 (diànxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), telekomunikace [feminine] (Czech), telekomminikation [common-gender] (Danish), televiestintä (Finnish), telekommunikaatio (Finnish), télécommunication (French), Telekommunikation [feminine] (German), τηλεπικοινωνίες (tilepikoinoníes) [feminine, plural] (Greek), távközlés (Hungarian), telekommunikáció (Hungarian), fjarskipti [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), telekomunikasi (Indonesian), telecomunicazioni (Italian), 電気通信 (denki tsūshin) (alt: でんきつうしん) (Japanese), телебайланыс (telebaylanıs) (Kazakh), телеқатынас (teleqatınas) (Kazakh), телекоммуникация (telekommunikatsiya) (Kyrgyz), Telekommunikatioun [feminine] (Luxembourgish), телекомуникации (telekomunikacii) [plural] (Macedonian), whitimamao (Māori), telekommunikasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), telekommunikasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), telekomunikacja [feminine] (Polish), telecomunicação [feminine] (Portuguese), telecomunicație [feminine] (Romanian), телекоммуника́ции (telekommunikácii) [feminine, plural] (Russian), связь (svjazʹ) [feminine] (Russian), электросвя́зь (elektrosvjázʹ) [feminine] (Russian), telecomunicación [feminine] (Spanish), mawasiliano ya simu (Swahili), தொலைத்தொடர்பு (tolaittoṭarpu) (Tamil), โทรคมนาคม (tora gamanāgom) (Thai), telekomünikasyon (Turkish), телекомунікації (telekomunikaciji) (Ukrainian), مُواصَلات (muvāṣalāt) [masculine] (Urdu), telekommunikatsiya (Uzbek), viễn thông (alt: 遠通) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-telecommunication-en-noun-0ZT9RecB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tele-, Communication, Sciences, Technology Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tele-: 22 38 39 Disambiguation of Communication: 87 13 0 Disambiguation of Sciences: 46 27 27 Disambiguation of Technology: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'science and technology of communication over distance': 99 1 0
  2. (countable) A message so transmitted. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-telecommunication-en-noun-pOi5ySYB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tele- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tele-: 22 38 39
  3. (in the plural) Systems used in transmitting such signals. Tags: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: telecom, telecoms Derived forms: radiotelecommunication, telecommunicational, telecommunications tower

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "muvāṣalāt",
      "sense": "science and technology of communication over distance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُواصَلات"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "lang_code": "uz",
      "sense": "science and technology of communication over distance",
      "word": "telekommunikatsiya"
    },
    {
      "alt": "遠通",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "science and technology of communication over distance",
      "word": "viễn thông"
    }
  ],
  "word": "telecommunication"
}

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