Definitions for telecommunication
telecom·mu·ni·ca·tion

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1. telecommunication, telecomnoun

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

2. telecommunicationnoun

   (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance

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1. telecommunicationnoun

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

2. telecommunicationnoun

   A message so transmitted

3. Etymology: First attested 1932, from télécommunication

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1. telecommunication

   Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that feasible with the human voice, but with a similar scale of expediency; thus, slow systems (such as postal mail) are excluded from the field. The transmission media in telecommunication have evolved through numerous stages of technology, from beacons and other visual signals (such as smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs), to electrical cable and electromagnetic radiation, including light. Such transmission paths are often divided into communication channels, which afford the advantages of multiplexing multiple concurrent communication sessions. Telecommunication is often used in its plural form. Other examples of pre-modern long-distance communication included audio messages, such as coded drumbeats, lung-blown horns, and loud whistles. 20th- and 21st-century technologies for long-distance communication usually involve electrical and electromagnetic technologies, such as telegraph, telephone, television and teleprinter, networks, radio, microwave transmission, optical fiber, and communications satellites. A revolution in wireless communication began in the first decade of the 20th century with the pioneering developments in radio communications by Guglielmo Marconi, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909, and other notable pioneering inventors and developers in the field of electrical and electronic telecommunications. These included Charles Wheatstone and Samuel Morse (inventors of the telegraph), Antonio Meucci and Alexander Graham Bell (some of the inventors and developers of the telephone, see Invention of the telephone), Edwin Armstrong and Lee de Forest (inventors of radio), as well as Vladimir K. Zworykin, John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth (some of the inventors of television). The early telecommunication networks were created with copper wires as the physical medium for signal transmission. For many years, these networks were used for basic phone services, namely voice and telegrams. Since the mid-1990s, as the internet has grown in popularity, voice has been gradually supplanted by data. This soon demonstrated the limitations of copper in data transmission, prompting the development of optics.

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1. telecommunication

   Telecommunication is the transmission, receipt, and exchange of information over significant distances by electronic means such as telephones, mobile phones, satellite, television, radio, or through computer networks. This includes various forms of technology like wireless communications, fiber optics, and satellite transmissions. It involves the use of electrical signals or electromagnetic waves for communication.

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1. Telecommunication

   Telecommunication is communication at a distance by technological means, particularly through electrical signals or electromagnetic waves. Due to the many different technologies involved, the word is often used in a plural form, as telecommunications. Early telecommunication technologies included visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs. Other examples of pre-modern telecommunications include audio messages such as coded drumbeats, lung-blown horns, and loud whistles. Electrical and electromagnetic telecommunication technologies include telegraph, telephone, and teleprinter, networks, radio, microwave transmission, fiber optics, communications satellites and the Internet. A revolution in wireless telecommunications began in the 1900s with pioneering developments in radio communications by Guglielmo Marconi. Marconi won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 for his efforts. Other highly notable pioneering inventors and developers in the field of electrical and electronic telecommunications include Charles Wheatstone and Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell, Edwin Armstrong, and Lee de Forest, as well as John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth.

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1. telecommunication

   The science and technology of communication or transmission of data and information and the structures and systems to create and implement this.

   The telecommunication system works effectively and efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 3, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Electrical Engineering
   • Telecommunication

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'telecommunication' in Nouns Frequency: #2500

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce telecommunication?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say telecommunication in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of telecommunication in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of telecommunication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of telecommunication in a Sentence

1. Abd Al-Naser Azzam:

   We found telecommunication devices like GPS, three Thuraya (satellite) phones, 10 local mobiles, computers and life jackets.

2. Hani Dimian:

   It's a bit early to give an exact number for growth rates because we've only seen first quarter figures. But the signals for Q2 are also positive. That is why ... we're revising our growth rate from 3.8 percent, which was published in March 2014, and we're going to be easily north of 4 percent, if you look at the boosters of that growth, you find that manufacturing is coming back, telecommunication and construction and partially early signs of the return of tourism.

3. Teresa Carlson:

   We look for telecommunication industries that are progressive.

4. Mohamed Hanafi:

   The service was offered free of charge to the consumer, and the national telecommunication regulator saw the service as harmful to companies and their competitors.

5. Hani Dimian:

   If you look at the boosters of that growth, you find that manufacturing is coming back, telecommunication and construction and partially early signs of the return of tourism.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=telecommunication
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Telecommunication
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=telecommunication
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=telecommunication