Definition of Telecommunication

1. Noun. (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically.


2. Noun. (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance.
Generic synonyms: Ee, Electrical Engineering
Category relationships: Telecom
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Examples of category: Ecc, Error Correction Code, Quantise, Quantize

Definition of Telecommunication

1. Noun. The science and technology of the communication or messages over a distance, especially using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses ¹

2. Noun. A message so transmitted ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telecommunication

telecloning
telecobalt
telecoil
telecoils
telecom
telecom equipment
telecom hotel
telecom system
telecommand
telecommands
telecommerce
telecommunicate
telecommunicated
telecommunicates
telecommunicating
telecommunication
telecommunication equipment
telecommunication system
telecommunicational
telecommunications
telecommute
telecommuted
telecommuter
telecommuters
telecommutes
telecommuting
telecomputer
telecomputers
telecomputing
telecoms

Literary usage of Telecommunication

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"TRENDS IN Telecommunication LIBERALISATION 1.1 Introduction The telecommunication sector in OECD countries has undergone significant regulatory reform over ..."

2. Universal Service and Rate Restructuring in Telecommunications by OECD Staff (1991)
"The main characteristics of "cost of service" and "value of service" pricing and the positions of telecommunication regulators, PTOs and users in the United ..."

3. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"are being deployed in public telecommunication networks by ... The Act requires access to advanced telecommunication and information services should be ..."

4. Digest of Education Statistics (1999) edited by Thomas D. Snyder (2000)
"Percent of public and private schools having access to selected telecommunication capabilities, by Telecommunications capabilities Computer with any ..."

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