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   Tel·e·com·mu·ni·ca·tion

   /ˌteləkəˌmyo͞onəˈkāSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting: "digital telecommunication has much to recommend it"
   • ▪ the branch of technology concerned with telecommunication: "the field of telecommunications"
   • ▪ a message sent by telecommunication: "it is an offense for a person intentionally to intercept a telecommunication"

   Word Origin early 20th century: from French télécommunication, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + communication ‘communication’.

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