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telecommunication

noun
🔊/ˌtelikəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/
🔊/ˌtelikəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/
(also informal telecom
🔊/ˈtelikɒm/
🔊/ˈtelikɑːm/
)
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  1. telecommunications, informal telecoms
    🔊/ˈtelikɒmz/
    🔊/ˈtelikɑːmz/
     [uncountable] the technology of sending signals, images and messages over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc.电信；电讯
    • technological developments in telecommunications电信技术的发展
    • the telecommunications industry电信业
    Extra Examples
    • Japan's telecommunications giant, NTT日本电信巨头日本电报电话公司
    • a public telecommunications system公共电信系统
    • modernizing their postal and telecommunications networks对他们的邮政和电信网络进行现代化改造
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • global
    • national
    • world
    • …
    telecommunications + noun
    • infrastructure
    • network
    • services
    • …
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  2. [uncountable] communication over long distances by radio, phone, television, satellite, etc.电信；电讯
    • Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it.数字电信有很多值得推荐的地方。
    • a telecommunication company电信公司
  3. [countable] (formal) a message sent over a long distance by radio, phone, etc.
    • It is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a telecommunication.任何人故意截取电信都是违法的。
    4. Word Origin1930s: from French télécommunication, from télé- ‘at a distance’ + communication ‘communication’.