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Definition of telecommunication noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

telecommunication

noun
 
/ˌtelikəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/
 
/ˌtelikəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/
(also informal telecom
 
/ˈtelikɒm/
 
/ˈtelikɑːm/
)
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  1. telecommunications, informal telecoms
     
    /ˈtelikɒmz/
     
    /ˈtelikɑːmz/
     [uncountable] the technology of sending signals, images and messages over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc.
    • technological developments in telecommunications
    • the telecommunications industry
    Extra Examples
    • Japan's telecommunications giant, NTT
    • a public telecommunications system
    • modernizing their postal and telecommunications networks
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • global
    • national
    • world
    • …
    telecommunications + noun
    • infrastructure
    • network
    • services
    • …
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  2. [uncountable] communication over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc.
    • Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it.
    • a telecommunication company
  3. [countable] (formal) a message sent over a long distance by radio, phone, etc.
    • It is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a telecommunication.
    4. Word Origin1930s: from French télécommunication, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + communication ‘communication’.
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