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COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information
Synonyms:
communication equipment; communication system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("communication equipment" is a kind of...):
facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)
Meronyms (parts of "communication equipment"):
booster; booster amplifier; booster station; relay link; relay station; relay transmitter (an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal)
communications satellite (an artificial satellite that relays signals back to earth; moves in a geostationary orbit)
radio station (station for the production and transmission of AM or FM radio broadcasts)
set (any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals)
television station; TV station (station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "communication equipment"):
fiber-optic transmission system; fibre-optic transmission system; FOTS (a communication system using fiber optic cables)
network ((broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs)
Holonyms ("communication equipment" is a part of...):
base; infrastructure (the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area)
