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 used in plural

Examples of telecommunication in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During his speech to City Council, French said that Local 3298 has members with a wide variety of roles, including telecommunications at the 911 call center, records at the police department, finance, customer service, building inspections, animal control and more. —R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026

Tens of thousands of pieces of space junk — and millions more smaller bits of orbital debris — are cluttered in low-Earth orbit, the narrow band of space around the planet where many telecommunications and GPS satellites operate. —Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026

Bank of America upgrades Telus to buy from neutral Bank of America said shares of the Canadian telecommunications company have more room to run. —Michael Bloom, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026

The most important parts of the aircraft are what is beneath its skin, and the planes serving the president must have substantial security and telecommunications upgrades. —Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for telecommunication

• americanization
• anticoagulation
• antidiscrimination
• bioaccumulation
• bioremediation
• compartmentalization
• contextualization
• copolymerization
• decriminalization
• dehumidification
• demilitarization
• demineralization