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TELECOMMUNICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("telecommunication" is a kind of...):
EE; electrical engineering (the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication)
Domain category:
telecom; telecommunication ((often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically)
Domain member category:
ECC; error correction code ((telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors)
quantise; quantize (approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically
Synonyms:
telecom; telecommunication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("telecommunication" is a kind of...):
medium (a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information)
Domain member category:
telecommunication ((often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance)
loop gain ((telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input)
electronic converter ((telecommunication) converter for converting a signal from one frequency to another)
sampling (measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form))
sunrise industry (a new industry that is expanding rapidly (especially telecommunications or electronics))
sampling rate ((telecommunication) the frequency of sampling per unit time)
Nyquist rate ((telecommunication) the lowest sampling rate that will permit accurate reconstruction of a sampled analog signal)
sampling frequency ((telecommunication) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal)
Nyquist frequency ((telecommunication) twice the maximum frequency occurring in the transmitted signal)
call (send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message)
duplex (allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously)
simplex (allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telecommunication"):
telephone; telephony (transmitting speech at a distance)
telegraphy (communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire)
wireless (transmission by radio waves)
broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)
multiplex (communicates two or more signals over a common channel)
Derivation:
telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)
