Telecommunication
WordNet
noun
(1) (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance
(2) (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically
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Etymology
The word telecommunication was adapted from the French word télécommunication. It is a compound of the Greek prefix tele- (τηλε-), meaning 'far off', and the Latin communicare, meaning 'to share'. The French word télécommunication was coined in 1904 by French engineer and novelist Édouard Estaunié.
Noun
- the science and technology of communication at a distance, especially the electronic transmission of signals; telecommunication
- the systems used in transmitting such signals
See also
- transmitter, receiver
- radio, telegraphy, telephony
- cell phone, mobile phone, mobile telephone