telecommunication

noun

tele·​com·​mu·​ni·​ca·​tion ˌte-li-kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən 

1

: communication at a distance (as by telephone)

2

: technology that deals with telecommunication

—usually plural

Examples of telecommunication in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And the United States has also failed to invest consistently in international technical standards — the common rules governing advanced and interconnected technologies such as telecommunications. — Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Other services reporting or experiencing disruption included property platform Rightmove, parcel delivery companies DPD and Royal Mail, telecommunications provider BT, and retailer Screwfix. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Humankind's utilization of space is at an inflection point, as companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin and Amazon plan to launch constellations of hundreds of thousands of telecommunication satellites and orbiting data centers in the coming years. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026

That demonstration was performed in partnership with the Japanese telecommunications firm SoftBank Corp, which has also invested directly in Sceye. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for telecommunication

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• bioremediation
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• dehumidification
• demilitarization
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